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Women in medicine

 Subject
Subject Source: Lcsh: Library Of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 29 Collections and/or Records:

Arlene Jens papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0499
Abstract

Nurse, abortion rights activist and educator from Fairfield, Iowa.

Dates: 1962-2006

Barbara Fassbinder papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0410
Abstract

Rural nurse who contracted AIDS on the job and became a national spokeswoman for occupational safety.

Dates: 1958-1998

Cheryl Britton papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0873
Abstract

Career nurse and avid traveler who grew up in Dedham, Iowa and Des Moines.

Dates: 1890-2003

Fellows Family papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA1298
Abstract

A multigenerational family of medical professionals, journalists, and politicians that has its roots in Iowa.

Dates: 1837-2013

Geraldene Felton papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0330
Abstract

Professor and former dean of the University of Iowa College of Nursing.



Arrangement

Two books that mention Felton and her achievements in nursing are filed in the printed work collection of the Iowa Women's Archives: Complete in All Its Parts: Nursing Education at the University of Iowa, 1898-1998 by Lee Anderson and Kathy Penningroth (1998) and The Path We Tread: Blacks in Nursing Worldwide, 1864-1994 by M. Elizabeth Carnegie (1995).

Dates: 1951-2004

Harriet E. Johnson Palmer papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0839
Abstract

Scrapbook featuring the professional and social life of an Iowa nurse in the 1920's.

Dates: 1912-1926

Iowa League for Nursing records

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0580
Abstract

The Iowa League for Nursing's efforts have included active participation in community planning and action for health care, advocating changes such as home health care. The organization made efforts to assure the continuing supply of nurses by providing them with the educational opportunities to reach their maximum career potential, ability to move into management and leadership positions, and promoting a greater public appreciation of nursing as a profession.

Dates: 1952-2002

Iowa Nurses Association, Fifth District records

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0015
Abstract

Local chapter of the Iowa Nurses Association.

Dates: 1922-2001

Iowa Nurses' Association records

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0023
Abstract

State branch of the national organization. The overall purpose of the association has been to promote and improve the professional skills and status of nurses.



Arrangement

Administrative Records, 1904-1989 (boxes 1-18) American Nurses Association, 1928-1989 (boxes 18-24) Committees, 1933-1989 (boxes24-34) Continuing Education, 1955-1989 (boxes 34-36) Conventions, 1904-1989 (boxes 37-44) Districts, 1920-1984 (boxes44-48) Economic Security,1946-1989(boxes 48-57) Iowa League for Nursing,1913-1980 (boxes 57-61 Iowa Organizations, 1926-1989 (boxes 61-68) Membership, 1904-1988 (boxes 68-70) Publications, 1917-1985 (box71) Sections, 1940-1984 (boxes 71-77) Student Nurses Association, 1949-1984 (boxes 77-78) Photographs, 1918-1987 (boxes 78-79) Artifacts, 1981-1988 (box 80) Audiotapes, 1974-1987 (box 81) Oversize, 1916-1987 (box 82 and container 83)

Dates: 1904-1989

LeAnn Erickson papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0872
Abstract

Filmmaker whose documentary, From One Place to Another: Emma Goldman Clinic Stories, explores the history of the Emma Goldman Clinic.

Dates: 1996

Margaret Atherton Bonney papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0313
Abstract

Bonney's research files include Iowa suffragist Mary Jane Coggeshall, scientist Mary Louise Putnam, physician Jennie McCowen, and pioneer evangelist and minister, Abner Kneeland

Dates: 1810-1992

Margaret Langland Johnson papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0816
Abstract

Nurse who served in the Army Nurse Corps during World War II.

Dates: 1925-1972

Marie Schultz Meyer papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0121
Abstract

Postville, Iowa, native who graduated from the University of Iowa School of Nursing in 1940.

Dates: 1901-1993

Marie Tener Havel papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0336
Abstract

Nurse who worked in Missouri in the 1930s and at the University of Iowa Hospitals from 1948 to 1965.

Dates: 1931-1997

Marion Maresh papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0642
Abstract

Physician who graduated from the State University of Iowa in 1932 and became a world authority on physical growth and maturation.

Dates: 1932-1966

Marjorie Elizabeth Lyford papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0051
Abstract

Public health and visiting nurse who later taught at the University of Iowa College of Nursing.

Dates: 1865-2002

Marjorie Marsh papers

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: IWA0321
Abstract

Fort Madison, Iowa, native, and active club member and volunteer.



Arrangement

One folder, shelved in SCVF.

Dates: 1993-1997

Martha Eimen papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0218
Abstract

Nurse who worked for the Public Health Service and the United Nations in Italy and the Middle East, 1945-1948.

Dates: 1945-1995

Mary Gantz papers

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: IWA0764
Abstract

Three student research papers on mid-19th century medical education at the University of Iowa written by Mary Gantz.



Arrangement

One folder, shelved in SCVF.

Dates: 1986-1992

Mary Ungerer Hauth papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0190
Abstract

Nurse in Sioux City during the first half of the 20th century.

Dates: 1905-1948