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Elvira Gaston Platt papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0181
Abstract

Teacher and abolitionist who assisted fleeing slaves on the Underground Railroad while living in Fremont County, Iowa. Taught school to Pawnee children in Pennsylvania and Nebraska.

Dates: 1853-1974

Embroiderers' Guild of America, Plum Grove Chapter records

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0794
Abstract

The guild taught needlework skills and participated in shows.

Dates: 1975-2009

Emma Goldman Clinic (Iowa City, Iowa) records

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0466
Abstract

Feminist health clinic.



Arrangement

Administration Boxes 1-30 and 66

EGC projects Boxes 30-48 and 67

Anti-abortion movement Boxes 48-50 and 67

Pro-choice movement Boxes 50-53 and 67

Publications, EGC Boxes 53-54

Publications, non-EGC Boxes 54-56 and 67-68

Newspaper clippings Boxes 56-57 and 68

Photographs Boxes 36, 59-50, and 58-60

Scrapbook Box 61

Artifacts Boxes 38, 62-63, and 69

Audiovisual [audiocassette and videocassette collections]

Dates: 1971-2013

Emma Harvat papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0163
Abstract

First woman mayor of Iowa City, serving from 1922 to 1925.

Dates: 1920-2001

Emma Lou Leeper Phelan papers

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: IWA0226
Abstract

Brooklyn, Iowa, native who was a riveter for Ryan Aeronautical Company in California, 1944 to 1945.



Arrangement

One folder, shelved in SCVF.

Dates: 1945-1998

Entre Nous records (Iowa City, Iowa)

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0081
Abstract

Women's drama study club founded in 1914 in Iowa City.

Dates: 1914-2002

Erin Rollenhagen papers

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: IWA0209
Abstract

Ames middle-school student who helped organize a protest against sexist Hooters restaurant t-shirts being worn at her school. Her account of the incident and the subsequent public forum on free speech, dress code, and sexism was published in Seventeen magazine.



Arrangement

One folder, shelved in SCVF and a single box with an artifact (a t-shirt).

Dates: 1994-1995

Ernest Rodriguez papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0784
Abstract

Davenport civil rights and Chicano activist, born in the predominantly Mexican settlement of Holy City in Bettendorf, Iowa.

Dates: 1910-2014

Estefania Joyce Rodriguez papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0569
Abstract

Family photographs taken in Iowa, Alabama, and Mexico.

Dates: 1902-2008

Esther Everett papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0880
Abstract

Home economics professor raised on a farm in Lacey, Iowa.

Dates: 1911-2008

Esther J. Walls papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0288
Abstract

Mason City, Iowa native and librarian who was the first African-American female student at University of Iowa elected to Phi Beta Kappa.

Dates: 1860-1996

Esther Sietmann Warner Dendel papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0301
Abstract

Author and artist from Laurel, Iowa.

Dates: 1922-1996

Esther Thornhill papers

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: IWA0254
Abstract

Ida Grove, Iowa mother and homemaker who worked at a hatchery and at a hamburger shop before marrying.



Arrangement

One folder, shelved in SCVF.

Dates: 1956-1996

Esther Treptow Clark papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0893
Abstract

Daughter of German immigrants whose scrapbook documents her life in the early 20th century.

Dates: 1919-2010

Ethel Reames papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0673
Abstract

Businesswoman who was the creator and proprieter of the Reames Noodle Company in Des Moines, Iowa.

Dates: 1954-1999

Ethel Roberta Douglass papers

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: IWA0169
Abstract

West Branch, Iowa, resident who graduated from the University of Iowa in 1921 with a B.A. in geology.



Arrangement

One folder, shelved in SCVF.

Dates: 1919

Evelyn Birkby Collection of Radio Homemaker Materials

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0126
Abstract

Cookbooks, newsletters, and other publications of the Radio Homemakers who broadcast over KMA and KFNF in southwest Iowa.

Dates: 1924-2021

Faye T. Wookey papers

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: IWA0699
Abstract

Native of Red Oak, Iowa who who recalls family life on a farm in Montgomery County, Iowa.



Arrangement

One folder, shelved in SCVF.

Dates: 2000

Flora Garden Club (Manchester, Iowa) records

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0481
Abstract

The records include notebooks for flower shows, a program planning book, and newspaper articles.

Dates: 1950-2004

Florence Vallejo Terronez papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0577
Abstract

The family came to Horton, Kansas, from Mexico in 1910 and moved to West Des Moines in 1941.

Dates: 1913-2006

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General Federation of Women's Clubs 4
League of United Latin American Citizens. Council 10 (Davenport, Iowa) 4
Republican National Committee (U.S.) 4
Shrauger, Cornelia Prentiss, 1896-1985 4
State University of Iowa. Department of Home Economics 4
United States. Naval Reserve. Women's Reserve 4
University High School (Iowa City, Iowa) 4
University of Iowa. College of Nursing 4
White family 4
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Ellsworth Community College (Iowa Falls, Iowa) 3
Iowa State University 3
Jones, Virginia Shrauger, 1921- 3
Keyes, Margaret N., 1918-2015 3
League of United Latin American Citizens 3
League of Women Voters of Johnson County, Iowa 3
O'Dea, Suzanne, 1950- 3
Planned Parenthood Federation of America 3
State University of Iowa. School of Nursing 3
United Nations Association of the United States of America 3
United Nations Association of the United States of America. Iowa Division 3
University of Iowa. Department of Physical Education for Women 3
University of Iowa. Women's Resource and Action Center 3
Veterans Administration Hospital (Iowa City, Iowa) 3
Young Women's Christian Association of the U.S.A. 3
American Association for the United Nations 2
Atlantic High School (Atlantic, Iowa) 2
Bourret, Joan Liffring-Zug (1929-2022) 2
Central College (Pella, Iowa) 2
Coffin, Barbara, 1941- 2
Conlin, Roxanne Barton, 1944- 2
Daughters of the American Revolution 2
Davis, Aldeen 2
Day, Cornelia, 1919-2004 2
Ellsworth family 2
Emma Goldman Clinic 2
Englert, Edna Rummelhart, 1902-2005 2
Everett, Beverly, 1926-2001 2
Felton, Geraldene, 1926- 2
Fox, Margaret, 1912-2010 2
Furgerson, Betty Jean, 1927- 2
Gerber, John C. 2
Girl Scouts of the United States of America 2
Glandorf, Gil 2
Godwin, Trula, 1940-2002 2
Grand View College 2
Grefe, Mary 2
Griffin, Edna, 1909-2000 2
Gunderson, Helen, 1945- 2
Hammond, Johnie (1932-) 2
Hemm, Joan, 1957- 2
Henry, Phylliss, 1940- 2
Hodne, Carol 2
International Wives Club (Iowa City, Iowa) 2
Iowa Civil Liberties Union 2
Iowa Civil Rights Commission 2
Iowa Cornets (Basketball team) 2
Iowa Falls High School (Iowa Falls, Iowa) 2
Iowa League for Nursing 2
Iowa Nurses' Association 2
Iowa Porkettes 2
Iowa Women's Political Caucus 2
Jack, Jill, 1957- 2
Keene, Carolyn 2
League of Women Voters (Des Moines, Iowa) 2
Martin, Mona Kadel (1934-) 2
McKenzie, Bettie 2
Migrant Action Program (Mason City, Iowa) 2
Monroe Busy Bees (4-H Club : Mahaska County, Iowa) 2
Moore, Mary Ellen, 1919-1998 2
Mullen, Peg, 1917-2009 2
Muscatine Migrant Committee 2
National Abortion and Reproductive Rights Action League 2
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People 2
National Organization for Women 2
National Organization for Women. Dubuque Chapter 2
Noun, Louise R. (1908-2002) 2
O'Brien, Denise, 1949- 2
Older Women's League (U.S.) 2
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