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Collection
Identifier: IWA1347
Scope and Contents
The Aime Wichtendahl oral history collection consists of the recording and transcript of one oral history interview conducted with Wichtendahl by Kate Orazem in 2023. The collection also contains a business card and a button representing Wichtendahl's campaign promotional materials.In her oral history interview, Wichtendahl discusses the development of her political beliefs, campaigns, and her experiences as a city councilor for Hiawatha, Iowa. Municipal topics covered in the interview include the passage of a higher minimum wage for Linn County in 2017, zoning and housing development, and strategies Wichtendahl used to lower property taxes while maintaining service levels in her community. Wichtendahl also narrates her personal biography, including reflections on growing up trans in an Iowa Christian family, memories of political awakening, her coming-out process, her divorce, and parenthood. She provides her analysis of anti-trans legislation in Iowa in the 2020s and...
Dates:
2023
Collection
Identifier: IWA0176
Abstract
High school English teacher who was active in state and national Democratic Party politics during the 1950s and 1960s.
Dates:
1899-1994
Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: IWA1150
Abstract
First woman elected to the Iowa General Assembly, representing Jackson County in both the Iowa House of Representatives and the Iowa Senate.
Dates:
1932
Collection
Identifier: IWA0737
Abstract
Politician and women's rights activist from Red Oak, Iowa,who ran for Iowa state representative in 1966.
Dates:
1929-1996
Collection
Identifier: IWA0019
Abstract
Organization to promote the advancement of women in politics.
Dates:
1972-1999
Collection
Identifier: IWA0431
Abstract
A known suffragist who was active in community and political circles in Des Moines, Iowa.
Dates:
1890-1943
Collection
Identifier: IWA0382
Abstract
Britt, Iowa-born member of the Iowa House of Representatives and vice-chair of the Committee on Agriculture during the farm crisis of the 1980s.
Dates:
1982-1992
Collection
Identifier: IWA0052
Abstract
State representative from 1958 to 1964 and the first woman elected to Charles City Council, 1970.
Dates:
1927-1995
Collection
Identifier: IWA0348
Abstract
Bettendorf Republican who served on the Scott County Board of Supervisors and the Iowa State Senate.
Dates:
1971-2015
Collection
Identifier: IWA0033
Abstract
Active in Republican Party and vice-chairman of the Iowa Republican Central Committee in 1970.
Dates:
1964-2004
Collection
Identifier: IWA0186
Abstract
Educator, social activist, politician and businesswoman who was inducted into the Iowa Women's Hall of Fame in 1980.
Dates:
1943-1997
Collection
Identifier: IWA0056
Abstract
Television journalist and politician who served as Iowa Secretary of State from 1980 to 1986.
Dates:
1936-2002
Collection
Identifier: IWA0027
Abstract
First woman to chair the Republican National Committee, serving from 1974 to 1977. Co-founder of the Louise Noun-Mary Louise Smith Iowa Women's Archives.
Dates:
1925-1997
Collection
Identifier: IWA1278
Abstract
Oral histories with women who have served in statewide or federal elected office representing residents of the state of Iowa.
Dates:
2019 - 2024
Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: IWA0849
Abstract
A paper delivered by Jochum on a panel titled "Women and Political Discourse" at the Conflict and Civility in Political Discourse symposium in 2011.
Dates:
-
Collection
Identifier: IWA0024
Abstract
State vice chair of the Republican Party in Iowa from 1967 to 1973.
Dates:
1956-1978
Collection
Identifier: IWA1353
Scope and Contents
The V Fixmer-Oraiz papers date from 2002 to 2024 and measure 5.5 linear inches and 1.68 gigabytes in one box. The papers are arranged in three series: Oral history interview, Drag career, and Johnson County Board of Supervisors.The oral history interview series contains an audio recording and transcript from an interview conducted by Kate Orazem on September 8, 2023. In the interview, Fixmer-Oraiz recalls their childhood, including growing up in a military family, living in Panama in 1989 during the US invasion, and coming out as gay in high school and the role played in their life by a supportive coach and teacher. The interview covers Fixmer-Oraiz’s educational path, including their experiences researching in the Philippines as a Fulbright scholar and a biracial Filipino American person. They discuss their urban planning career, with reference to Iowa water quality issues and the Johnson County Historic Poor Farm project. Fixmer-Oraiz also describes their campaign and...
Dates:
2023
