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Dubuque (Iowa)

 Subject
Subject Source: Lcnaf: Library Of Congress Name Authority File

Found in 15 Collections and/or Records:

Audio recording, January 14, 2020

 Item
Scope and Contents

Audio recording of an interview with Iowa state legislator Lindsay James about her legislative service, male attitudes toward women in politics, and advice for other women running for office.

Dates: January 14, 2020

Audio recording, January 14, 2020

 Item
Scope and Contents

Audio recording of an interview with Iowa state legislator Pam Jochum about her legislative service, including her role in passing a new child tax credit and the "drive-by delivery" ban, the role of gender in politics, and advice for other women running for office.

Dates: January 14, 2020

Donovan F. Ward Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0397
Abstract

Dubuque, Iowa, surgeon. Subject files, articles, and speeches relating in great part to his term as president of the American Medical Association.

Dates: 1929-1980; Majority of material found within 1960-1969

Lyman Whiting Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0172
Abstract

Congregational clergyman. Diaries, correspondence, sermons, and other materials.

Dates: 1836-1906

Marion Carson papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0132
Abstract

Graduate of Ministry at the University of Dubuque Theological Seminary, where she was the first Unitarian Universalist student.

Dates: 1960-2004

Martha Nash papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0235
Abstract

Civil rights activist, community and religious leader, she was executive director of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Center for Education and Vocational Training in Waterloo.

Dates: 1939-2000

National Organization for Women, Dubuque Chapter records

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0223
Abstract

The group was formed in 1973. The purpose of the group was to improve and expand the role of women in society and it supported the Equal Rights Amendment, safe and legal abortion among other issues.

Dates: 1973-1995

R. Weston Diaries

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0117
Abstract

Railroad mechanic. Two diaries containing details about his daily work in the shops of the C.B.&Q. and C.D.&M. railroads, community news and gossip in Dubuque, Iowa, and personal matters.

Dates: 1873, 1878; 1878

Richard Pike Bissell Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0565
Abstract

Typescript and holograph drafts, galley proofs, editor's notes, source material, etc., documenting the writings of this Dubuque novelist and author of 7 1/2 Cents (1953), the basis of the musical hit, The Pajama Game (1954, filmed 1957).

Dates: 1951-1973

Robinson-Lacy Family papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0424
Abstract

Correspondence diaries, scrapbook, and genealogical information regarding this Dubuque-area family.

Dates: 1852-2001

Ruth Scharnau papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0224
Abstract

Teacher and community activist who was a founding member of the Dubuque National Organization for Women.

Dates: 1970-2017

Sister Gwen Hennessey papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0491
Abstract

Franciscan nun sentanced to six months in federal prison for trespassing at Fort Benning, Georgia.

Dates: 2000-2005

Transcript, January 14, 2020

 Item
Scope and Contents

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

Dates: January 14, 2020

Transcript, January 14, 2020

 Item
Scope and Contents

Transcript of an interview with Iowa state legislator Pam Jochum about her legislative service, including her role in passing a new child tax credit and the "drive-by delivery" ban, the role of gender in politics, and advice for other women running for office.

Dates: January 14, 2020

Women of the Wartburg Theological Seminary collection

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0891
Abstract

Lutheran Seminary in Dubuque which began admitting women in 1970.

Dates: 1983-2009