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Municipal government

 Subject
Subject Source: Lcsh: Library Of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 10 Collections and/or Records:

Elaine Szymoniak papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0166
Abstract

Iowa State senator, Des Moines City Council member, and hearing and speech consultant.

Dates: 1974-2004
Found in: Iowa Women's Archives

Katherine Stroud papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0420
Abstract

Leader of the 1949 campaign to reform Des Moines city government and adopt the city manager plan.

Dates: 1940-2001
Found in: Iowa Women's Archives

League of Iowa Municipalities Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0248
Abstract

Annual convention proceedings, 1946-1961.

Dates: 1946 - 1976; Majority of material found within 1960-1979
Found in: University of Iowa Special Collections

League of Women Voters, Sioux City records

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0229
Scope and Contents The League of Women Voters of Sioux City records date from 1978 to 1993 and measure 2.5 linear inches. The bulk of the collection consists of newspaper clippings from the Sioux City Journal and the Des Moines Register chronicling local debates in the late 1970s about Sioux City's urban renewal and city government structure. Clippings on how other Iowa cities were handling these issues in their communities are included. The home rule charter folder includes the proposal submitted by the Sioux City Charter Commission to the mayor and city council, which called for re-structuring the city's government; among other things, the new charter would have given more power to the mayor. The proposed charter was hotly debated for several months and defeated in a narrow vote; the League opposed the charter. The urban renewal newspaper clippings describe conflicts over how to maintain a vital business sector, and an investigation into charges that a developer had misused...
Dates: 1978-1993
Found in: Iowa Women's Archives

Loren L. Hickerson Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0464
Abstract

Director of Alumni Programs and Director of Community Relations for the University of Iowa and mayor of Iowa City. Subject files, correspondence, speeches, etc.

Dates: 1940-1983; Majority of material found within 1960-1979
Found in: University of Iowa Special Collections

Margaret McCollum papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0143
Abstract

Des Moines resident who was a leader in women's organizations including American Mother's Inc., PTA and AAUW.

Dates: 1942-2008
Found in: Iowa Women's Archives

Myrtilla F. Levin papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0032
Abstract

Active in the Republican Party, mayor of Newton, Iowa, and executive director of Iowa Business Council.

Dates: 1971-2010
Found in: Iowa Women's Archives

Naomi Novick papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0667
Abstract

Iowa City city councilor from 1990 to 1997. Chosen twice to serve as mayor.

Dates: 1922-2016
Found in: Iowa Women's Archives

Thelma B. Lewis papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0022
Abstract

Iowa City mayor in 1961; served on the city council from 1958 to 1963.

Dates: 1947-1967
Found in: Iowa Women's Archives

Transcript

 Item
Scope and Contents

Transcript of an interview with Iowa state legislator Janet Adams about her legislative service, male attitudes toward women in politics, and advice for other women running for office.

Dates: August 19, 2020
Found in: Iowa Women's Archives / Hard Won, Not Done: an Oral History of Women in the Iowa Legislature / PHASE 1 INTERVIEWS / Adams, Janet

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