Showing Collections: 1 - 10 of 10
ERA Iowa 1992 records
Collection
Identifier: IWA0305
Abstract
Grassroots campaign initiated in Des Moines, Iowa, in 1991 to promote the passage of the Equal Rights Amendment to the Iowa constitution in the 1992 election.
Dates:
1980-1993
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
Iowa Women's Political Caucus records
Collection
Identifier: IWA0019
Abstract
Organization to promote the advancement of women in politics.
Dates:
1972-1999
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
League of Women Voters of Sioux City records
Collection
Identifier: IWA0229
Scope and Contents
The League of Women Voters of Sioux City records date from 1978 to 1993 and measure 2.5 linear inches. The bulk of the collection consists of newspaper clippings from the Sioux City Journal and the Des Moines Register chronicling local debates in the late 1970s about Sioux City's urban renewal and city government structure. Clippings on how other Iowa cities were handling these issues in their communities are included. The home rule charter folder includes the proposal submitted by the Sioux City Charter Commission to the mayor and city council, which called for re-structuring the city's government; among other things, the new charter would have given more power to the mayor. The proposed charter was hotly debated for several months and defeated in a narrow vote; the League opposed the charter. The urban renewal newspaper clippings describe conflicts over how to maintain a vital business sector, and an investigation into charges that a developer had misused...
Dates:
1978-1993
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
National Organization for Women, Ames Chapter records
Collection
Identifier: IWA0658
National Organization for Women, Des Moines Chapter records
Collection
Identifier: IWA0014
National Organization for Women, Dubuque Chapter records
Collection
Identifier: IWA0223
Abstract
The group was formed in 1973. The purpose of the group was to improve and expand the role of women in society and it supported the Equal Rights Amendment, safe and legal abortion among other issues.
Dates:
1973-1995
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
National Organization for Women, Iowa records
Collection
Identifier: IWA0013
National Organization for Women, Johnson County-Iowa City Chapter records
Collection
Identifier: IWA0017
Polk County Women's Political Caucus records
Collection
Identifier: IWA0748
Abstract
County branch of a national organization to support candidates who promote women's rights and women's participation in the political process.
Dates:
1974-1987
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
Reproductive Rights Coalition of Iowa City records
Collection
Identifier: IWA0539
Abstract
The Reproductive Rights Coalition of Iowa City (RRCIC) formed in January 1989 in response to Operation Rescue's attempt to shut down a local abortion clinic.
Dates:
1988-1991
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
Filtered By
Filter Results
Additional filters:
- Subject
- Women -- Political activity 9
- Women lawyers 9
- 1971-1980 8
- Women's rights 8
- 1991-2000 6
- Equal rights amendments 6
- Feminism 5
- Equality before the law 4
- Photographs 4
- Cultural artifacts 3
- Feminists 3
- Iowa 3
- Abortion 2
- Caucus 2
- Community education 2
- Des Moines (Iowa) 2
- Discrimination in employment 2
- Iowa City (Iowa) 2
- Political campaigns 2
- Sex discrimination against women 2
- Sound recordings 2
- Affirmative action programs 1
- Ames (Iowa) 1
- Civil rights demonstrations 1
- Correspondence 1
- Dubuque (Iowa) 1
- Housing 1
- Johnson County (Iowa) 1
- Municipal government 1
- Political activists 1
- Political candidates 1
- Politicians 1
- Polk County (Iowa) 1
- Reproductive rights 1
- Scrapbooks 1
- Sex discrimination 1
- Sioux City (Iowa) 1
- Urban renewal 1
- Video recordings 1
- Women 1 ∧ less
- Names
- National Organization for Women. Iowa 3
- Iowa Women's Political Caucus 2
- National Organization for Women. Johnson County-Iowa City Chapter 2
- National Women's Political Caucus (U.S.) 2
- Alan Guttmacher Institute 1
- American Association of University Women 1
- Americans for Religious Liberty 1
- Catholics for a Free Choice (Organization) 1
- ERA Iowa 1992 1
- Eaton, Linda 1
- Emma Goldman Clinic 1
- Feminist Majority (Organization) 1
- Goldsmith, Judith 1
- Iowa Commission on the Status of Women 1
- Iowa Women's Caucus Research and Education Center 1
- League of Women Voters of Sioux City, Iowa 1
- Marylanders for the Right to Choose (Organization) 1
- Mondale, Walter F., 1928- 1
- National Abortion and Reproductive Rights Action League 1
- National Organization for Women 1
- National Organization for Women. Ames Chapter 1
- National Organization for Women. Des Moines Chapter 1
- National Organization for Women. Dubuque Chapter 1
- New Directions for Women (Organization) 1
- Planned Parenthood Federation of America 1
- Planned Parenthood of Mid-Iowa 1
- Polk County Women's Political Caucus (Iowa) 1
- Reproductive Rights Coalition of Iowa City 1
- United Way of Greater Des Moines 1 ∧ less
∨ more
∨ more