Des Moines (Iowa)
Found in 128 Collections and/or Records:
A. Louise Mays papers
Adelia M. Hoyt papers
Photos and a memoir written by a blind woman who helped establish the Iowa Home for Sightless Women in Des Moines.
Annette Cech papers
Iowa City housewife and mother whose son, Thomas Cech, won the Nobel Prize in 1989.
Arrangement
Two folders, shelved in SCVF.
Annette Lingelbach papers
Journalist who wrote for Des Moines and Waterloo newspapers.
Archie Alphonse Alexander Papers
Engineer and governor of the Virgin Islands. Subject files, correspondence, speeches, clippings, etc. relating to his career as an engineer, diplomat, and university trustee.
Arlene Morris papers
Clinical psychologist and University of Iowa alumna who was a member of the Des Moines Know Your Neighbor panel.
Audio recording, January 14, 2020
Audio recording of an interview with Iowa state legislator Marti Anderson about her legislative service, male attitudes toward women in politics, and advice for other women running for office.
Audio recording, January 15, 2020
Audio recording of an interview with Iowa state legislator Jo Oldson about her legislative service, the role of gender in politics, and advice for other women running for office.
Audio recording, January 15, 2020
Audio recording of an interview with Iowa state legislator Janet Petersen about her legislative service, including balancing motherhood of young children with political office, and advice for other women considering a run.
Audio recording, August 21, 2019
Audio recording of an interview with Iowa state legislator Janet Metcalf about her legislative service and the role of gender in politics.
Audio recording, January 15, 2020
Audio recording of an interview with Iowa state legislator Kristin Sunde about her legislative service, balancing parenthood and foster care provider with public office, and advice for other women considering a run.
Audio recording, October 8, 2019
Audio recording of an interview with Iowa state legislator Ruth Ann Gaines about her legislative service, including the formation of a Black caucus, her experiences as a single mother serving in public office, and her career as a drama teacher at East High School in Des Moines.
Audio recording, February 18, 2020
Audio recording of an interview with Iowa state legislator Jennifer Konfrst about her legislative service and the role of gender in politics, including a brief discussion of the need for legislation allowing women to use campaign funds for child care.
Azalia Mitchell papers
Mitchell and her husband operated the Community Pharmacy in Des Moines for 25 years.
Barbara Flanagan papers
Reporter, women's page editor, and columnist for the Minneapolis Star and Tribune from the 1940s until 1988.
Bernice Larson Boyum papers
Ellsworth, Iowa, woman who served in World War II.
Bertha Korn Tucker papers
Writer and life-long student who was active in the Sisterhood (Jewish aid society) at the Beth El Jacob Synagogue in Des Moines and Hadassah, a national organization aiding disadvantaged Jews, primarily children.
Betty Boller oral history
Des Moines wife and mother who worked as a secretary during World War II.
Arrangement
One folder, shelved in SCVF.
Betty Jean Clark papers
Blanca Vasquez Gaines papers
Puerto Rican woman who served in the Women's Army Corps during World War II and trained at Fort Des Moines, Iowa.