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Ellen Mowrer Miller papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0298
Abstract

Correspondence of 19th century Iowa woman includes letters from brother in medical school and Civil War and from sister who raised a family and maintained a farm.

Dates: 1856-1994

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

Elvira Houston papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0623
Abstract

Tama County, Iowa farmwoman who maintained the family account books for nearly fifty years. She ran for city council on the Women's Progressive Ticket in 1942.

Dates: 1928-1984

Embroiderers' Guild of America, Plum Grove Chapter records

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0794
Abstract

The guild taught needlework skills and participated in shows.

Dates: 1975-2009

Emeline Fuhrmeister papers

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: IWA0613
Abstract

Widowed farmwoman who lived at the homes of her various children.



Arrangement

One folder, shelved in SCVF.

Dates: 1908

Emerson Study Club, Sioux City records

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0250
Abstract

Women's study club founded in Sioux City in 1892.

Dates: 1966-1997

Emily Putnam Schramm sketchbooks

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0523
Abstract

Sketchbooks of landscapes which focus on the Mississippi River.

Dates: 1864-1889

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

Emmylou Krohn papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0634
Abstract

Teacher, columnist, and textbook author from Council Bluffs area.

Dates: 1940-1998

Entre Nous records (Iowa City, Iowa)

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0081
Abstract

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

Dates: 1914-2002

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

Ericka Peterson-Dana papers

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: IWA0670
Abstract

Organic farmer and activist in Poweshiek County, Iowa.



Arrangement

One folder, shelved in SCVF.

Dates: 2000

Ernella Van Horn papers

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: IWA0724
Abstract

The second of four generations of women in her family to play basketball in Iowa.



Arrangement

One folder, shelved in SCVF.

Dates: 1993-2001

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 Christensen papers

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: IWA0596
Abstract

65-page memoir of Fayette County, Iowa farmwoman.



Arrangement

One folder, shelved in SCVF.

Dates: 1908-1987

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 Mae Christensen Grow memoir

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: IWA0210
Abstract

Reflections on growing up in western Iowa and Nebraska include experiences in country school, college and as a teacher.



Arrangement

One folder shelved in SCVF.

Dates: 1993

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Iowa Farm Bureau Federation 3
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League of United Latin American Citizens 3
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National Association for the Advancement of Colored People 3
National Organization for Women. Iowa 3
National Women's Political Caucus (U.S.) 3
Noun, Louise R. (1908-2002) 3
O'Brien, Denise, 1949- 3
Pennsylvania State University 3
Planned Parenthood Federation of America 3
Ray, Robert D. (1928-2018) 3
Smith, Mary Louise (1914-1997) 3
Teaford, Jane (1935-) 3
United Nations 3
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United States. Navy 3
University of Iowa. Department of Physical Education and Dance 3
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University of Minnesota 3
Veterans Administration Hospital (Iowa City, Iowa) 3
Women's Professional Basketball League 3
Young Women's Christian Association (State University of Iowa) 3
Young Women's Christian Association of the U.S.A. 3
Adams, Janet (1937-) 2
American Association for the United Nations 2
Anderson, Margaret, 1928- 2
Artists In Action (Muscatine, Iowa) 2
Atlantic High School (Atlantic, Iowa) 2
Berry, Jean, 1938- 2
Blundall, Joan, 1945- 2
Bourret, Joan Liffring-Zug (1929-2022) 2
Branstad, Terry E. 2
Braunwarth, Sarah, 1853-1927 2
Camp Fire Girls 2
Camp Fire Girls. Iowana Council 2
Campbell, Bonnie J., 1948- 2
Central College (Pella, Iowa) 2
Chapman, Kathleen "Kay" Halloran (1937-) 2
Christen, Inez, 1906-1999 2
Clark family 2
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Day, Cornelia, 1919-2004 2
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