Women -- Political activity
Found in 130 Collections and/or Records:
Sonja Larsen papers
Republican representative in the Iowa legislature who ran for mayor of Ottumwa in 1981.
Sue M. Reed papers
Republican Party activist and officer of Iowa and National Federations of Republican Women, 1950s-1970s.
Thelma B. Lewis papers
Iowa City mayor in 1961; served on the city council from 1958 to 1963.
Vera Shivvers papers
Iowa farm woman who was elected to fill her husband's term in the Iowa Senate following his death in 1962.
Vergene Donovan papers
Spencer, Iowa, resident active in the Iowa Federation of Republican women.
Arrangement
One folder, shelved in SCVF.
Virginia Becker papers
Scrapbooks of Bremer County, Iowa, Farm Bureau woman.
We Were Here: An Oral History of Women in the Iowa Legislature
Oral histories with women who served in the Iowa legislature.
Woman's Christian Temperance Union of Iowa records
Organization dedicated to legislative and educational efforts to prevent juvenile delinquency and support woman's suffrage.
Women's Equity Action League (Iowa Division) records
Organization that promoted economic equity for women by focusing on educational, legal, and tax issues affecting women.
Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (Des Moines Chapter) records
Members of the Des Moines chapter of WILPF studied government policy on nuclear testing, the draft , the war in Vietnam, and the arms race. They held informational rallies and demonstrations and maintained a vigorous letter-writing campaign.