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Women in war

 Subject
Subject Source: Lcsh: Library Of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

Blanca Vasquez Gaines papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0899
Abstract

Puerto Rican woman who served in the Women's Army Corps during World War II and trained at Fort Des Moines, Iowa.

Dates: 1944-2009

Fox Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0449
Abstract

Dr. Walter Fox was a physician who served in France during WWI and later died in Serbia while working for the Italian Red Cross. Helen Fox Angell was a Red Cross worker during WWII and later in the Panama Canal Zone. Primarily photographs, correspondence, clippings, and memorabilia.

Dates: 1880-1966; Majority of material found within 1918-1947

Icey Lenora Teel Harling papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0238
Abstract

Lecturer, author and playwright who ran the Teel School of Expression in Davenport, 1918-1934 and was later a writer and editor for the Durant News.

Dates: 1902-1973

Joiner Family papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0815
Abstract

Iowa family that corresponded during World War II.

Dates: 1941-1945

Veterans of Foreign Wars - Ladies Auxiliary records

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: IWA0776
Abstract

Booklet: "Fifty Years of Growth and Service: Ladies Auxiliary to the Department of Iowa Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States, 1929-1979."

Dates: 1979