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Women

 Subject
Subject Source: Lcsh: Library Of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 111 Collections and/or Records:

Norma Peg Burke papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0164
Abstract Physical education professor at the University of Iowa and past president of the Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women, 1976-1977. Arrangement Abbreviation list: AAPHER: American Alliance for Health, Physical Education and Recreation AAU: Amateur Athletic Union ABAUSA: Amateur Basketball Association of the United States of America AIAW: Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women HEW: Health Education and Welfare department (Now Health and Human Services) ISPEDS: International Sports and Physical Education Data System IWPS: International Women's Professional Softball NAGWS: National Association for Girls and Women in Sport NAIA: National Association for Intercollegiate Athletics NAPECW: National Association for Physical Education of College Women NASPE: National Association for Sport and Physical Education NCAA: National...
Dates: 1965-1995

Paisley Family Diaries Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0450
Abstract

Diaries of John and Chloe Paisley. John served in the 10th Ohio Volunteer Cavalry in the Civil War, and later lived in Burlington, Iowa. Also includes diaries kept by Mabel Paisley and Susan Swan Lippitt. Contains Civil War diaries.

Dates: 1864-1918

Patricia Filipowska papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0147
Abstract

Poet and native of Burlington, Iowa.



Arrangement

The Well (Lexington, MA: R.E. Filipowski, c1993) is shelved with printed works, in the Iowa Authors Collection in the Special Collections Department, and in the general collection in the Main Library.

Dates: 1930-1997

Paula Watts Brown papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0002
Abstract

Civic leader in Des Moines, Iowa.

Dates: 1930-1974

Prentiss Family papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0060
Abstract

The family came to Iowa City in 1905 when Henry Prentiss established the Anatomy Department at the State University of Iowa.

Dates: 1891-1996

Rainbow Project Task Force records

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0789
Abstract

1996 University of Iowa task force with the goal of reviewing university policies and the campus climate and making recommendations for a more welcoming climate for LGBT individuals.

Dates: 1990-1999

Rosalie Braverman papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0259
Abstract

Community activist in civic and Jewish organizations in Iowa City, Iowa.

Dates: 1929-2010

Rosetta M. Byers papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0317
Abstract

University of Iowa student from 1914-1918.

Dates: 1904-1920

Rowene Danbom papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0494
Abstract

Journalist who worked at the International News Service in Des Moines, Iowa during World War II and became its first woman bureau chief.

Dates: 1941-1987

Ruby Crumley Mitchell diaries

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0228
Abstract

Daily diaries of this Rhodes, Iowa, native.

Dates: 1904-1966

Ruth Bonfiglio papers

 Collection — Folder 1: Series 1
Identifier: IWA0356
Abstract

Member of the Unitarian Universalist Society of Iowa City, Iowa.



Arrangement

One folder, shelved in SCVF.

Dates: 1997

Ruth Laughlin papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0185
Abstract

Social activist and writer.

Dates: 1956-1997

Ruth Salzmann Becker papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0123
Abstract

Nurse and community activist in Iowa City who, as a young Jewish woman, fled Nazi Germany in 1939 and emigrated to the United States.

Dates: 1858-2012

Ruth Schanke papers

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: IWA0339
Abstract

Des Moines woman who organized a support group for spouses of lesbians and gays in 1994.



Arrangement

One folder, shelved in SCVF.

Dates: 1994-1997

Shelton Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0007
Abstract

Diaries of Mary E. Shelton and Rhode Maenad Shelton describing their nursing experience with Annie Wittenmeyer during the Civil War and at the Hospital for the Insane in Mount Pleasant, Iowa; also the Civil War diary of Orteus Carnefix Shelton, lieutenant of the 45th Regiment of Iowa Infantry.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1864 - 1866; 1936

Subject Files on Iowa Women

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0869
Abstract

Subject files pertaining to Iowa organizations and women.



Arrangement

The collection is divided into three series: Biographies, Organizations, and Subjects.

Dates: 1920-2014

Susan Boyd papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0312
Abstract

Journalist and writer who published several articles in Mademoiselle. She also served as University of Iowa First Lady from 1969-1981.

Dates: 1929-2012

Suzanne Bunkers papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0415
Abstract

English professor and diarist whose academic publications focus on women's history and diaries. Her own diaries reflect both her professional development and her personal life.

Dates: 1964-2017

The Clionian Club (Davenport, Iowa) records

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0357
Abstract

Women's study group which originated in 1874.

Dates: 1874-1996

Thelma Carmichael papers

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: IWA0592
Abstract

An illustrated booklet promoting a playpen designed by Carmichael’s father.



Arrangement

One folder, shelved in SCVF.

Dates: 1905-1948