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League of Women Voters, Cedar Rapids-Marion records

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0635
Abstract

The Cedar Rapids-Marion League of Women Voters (LWV) played an active part in the civic life of the greater Cedar Rapids area. During the period covered by this collection, the Cedar Rapids-Marion League of Women Voters focused on the problems of high school dropouts in the Cedar Rapids school system and the lack of affordable housing in the area.

Dates: 1937 - 2010

League of Women Voters, 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

Lemme Family papers

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: IWA0260
Abstract

Traces the family history of Helen Lemme, a civil rights activist who was named Iowa City's first Woman of the Year in 1955.



Arrangement

One folder, shelved in SCVF.

Dates: 1970-1998

Lena Belle Bock papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0118
Abstract

Member of the Iowa House of Representatives from 1960 to 1964.

Dates: 1960-1981

Linda Kinney Neuman papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0532
Abstract

Served for over twenty years in the Iowa judiciary and was the first woman to be appointed to the Iowa Supreme Court.

Dates: 1975-2018

Lois Boulware papers

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: IWA0352
Abstract

Physician in the University of Iowa Student Health Department, who established the Patient Advocacy Program at University Hospitals after marrying and having a child.

Dates: 1977-1995

Lorraine Hansen papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0619
Abstract

Diaries of a homemaker and bakery owner from Manson, Iowa

Dates: 1958-1973

Madge Clark Girard papers

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: IWA0617
Abstract

Reflections on Girard's early life homesteading in South Dakota.



Arrangement

One folder, shelved in SCVF.

Dates: 1972-1991

Maggie Tinsman papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0348
Abstract

Bettendorf Republican who served on the Scott County Board of Supervisors and the Iowa State Senate.

Dates: 1971-2015

Mahaska County Farm Bureau Women's Committee records

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: IWA0429
Abstract

Women's division of the local Farm Bureau.



Arrangement

4 folders, shelved in SCVF.

Dates: 1929-2002

Margaret Anderson Papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0001
Abstract

Subject files, correspondence and clippings relating to women's rights.

Dates: 1973-1978

Margaret McDonald papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0033
Abstract

Active in Republican Party and vice-chairman of the Iowa Republican Central Committee in 1970.

Dates: 1964-2004

Maria Cano Martinez papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0537
Abstract

Maria Cano came to Iowa from Guanajuato, Mexico, with her parents in 1928. She established a Spanish language interpreter program at the University of Iowa Hospitals in 1975.

Dates: 1975-2017

Marian Rees papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0273
Abstract

Emmy Award-winning television producer and owner of Marian Rees Associates, Inc.

Dates: 1977-1996

Marilyn O. Murphy papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0547
Abstract

Social activist from Sioux City, Iowa.

Dates: 1973-2010

Mary Louise Smith papers

 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

May Tangen papers

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: IWA0895
Abstract

University of Iowa librarian who moved to Mississippi during the Civil Rights Movement.



Arrangement

Three folders, shelved in SCVF.

Dates: 1961-1982

Midwest Federation of Chaparral Poets (Iowa Chapter) records

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0562
Abstract

The Iowa Chapter of Chaparral Poets met twice yearly (fall and spring); they studied poetry, conducted a poetry contest and wrote poetry for submission to Midwest Chaparral magazine. The organization was formed in 1942 and disbanded in 2001.

Dates: 1977-2001

Midwest Women's Studies Association records

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0649
Abstract

Regional branch of the National Women's Studies Association.

Dates: 1979-1992

Mildred H. Lavin papers

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: IWA0158
Abstract

Professor in instructional design and outreach education at the University of Iowa's College of Education.



Arrangement

9 audiocassettes shelved in audiocassette collection.

Dates: 1942 - 2015

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State University of Iowa 4
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Hammond, Johnie (1932-) 3
National Organization for Women. Iowa 3
National Women's Political Caucus (U.S.) 3
Republican National Committee (U.S.) 3
Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) 3
University of Iowa. Hospitals and Clinics 3
Anderson, Margaret, 1928- 2
Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women 2
Emma Goldman Clinic 2
Henry, Phylliss, 1940- 2
Iowa City Women's Press 2
Iowa Commission on the Status of Women 2
Iowa Cornets (Basketball team) 2
Iowa ERA Coalition 2
Iowa Women's Hall of Fame 2
National Organization for Women. Dubuque Chapter 2
National Organization for Women. Johnson County-Iowa City Chapter 2
Noun, Louise R. (1908-2002) 2
Rape Victim Advocacy Program (Iowa City, Iowa) 2
Republican National Convention 2
University of Iowa. Department of Physical Education and Dance 2
University of Iowa. Women's Studies Program 2
University of Northern Iowa 2
Women's Coffeehouse (Iowa City, Iowa) 2
Women's Professional Basketball League 2
AIDS Coalition of Johnson County (Iowa) 1
Alternative Living for the Aging (Organization) 1
American Association for the United Nations 1
American Business Women's Association. Grant Wood Chapter 1
American Film Institute 1
American Women in Radio and Television Inc. 1
Anderson, Ruth Bluford, 1921-2013 1
Artists In Action (Muscatine, Iowa) 1
Ashby, Rhoda 1
Barclay, Winston 1
Barnes, Lea Boyce 1
Becker, Virginia (1918-2009) 1
Beier, Eileen 1
Black Hawk County Democratic Women's Organization (Iowa) 1
Black Hawk County Women's Political Caucus (Iowa) 1
Blake, Debra J. 1
Bock, Lena Belle, 1904-2007 1
Bolin, Molly, 1957- 1
Boulware, Lois, 1903-1998 1
Brinton, Ada Mae Brown, 1891-1988 1
Brown, Helen Andrews 1
Bruggmann, Charles 1
Bruggmann, Dominique 1
Bruggmann, Sibylle 1
Bucklew, Jeanette, 1946- 1
Bunkers, Suzanne L. 1
Burger, Betty M., 1920-2007 1
Burke, Norma Peg, 1933- 1
Bush, George, 1924- 1
Campaign to Add Women to the Iowa Constitution 1
Campbell, Bonnie J., 1948- 1
Campbell, Captain William J. 1
Cano family 1
Carlson, Agnes Bollesen 1
Carpenter, Dorothy, 1933-2011 1
Carr, Martha Ashby 1
Catholic Interracial Council (Davenport, Iowa) 1
Center for Population Options (U.S.) 1
CenterSpace (Community art center : Iowa City, Iowa) 1
Chamber of Commerce (Studio City, Los Angeles, Calif.) 1
Chapman, Kathleen "Kay" Halloran (1937-) 1
Cherry, Kittredge, 1957- 1
Children Now (Organization) 1
Christensen, Jeanne, 1938- 1
Clark family 1
Cleona Township Women's Club (Scott County, Iowa) 1
Clinton County Women's Political Caucus (Iowa) 1
Coe College 1
Coffin, Barbara, 1941- 1
Cooper, Cecile, 1900-1997 1
Daughters of Ceres. Walnut Chapter (Walnut, Iowa) 1
Daughters of Ceres. Webster Chapter (Webster, Iowa) 1
Davis, Laura 1
Des Moines (Iowa). Police Department 1
Des Moines Human Rights Commission 1
Donovan, Vergene (1924-) 1
Drake Parents of the Year 1
Drake University 1
Dubuque Human Rights Commission (Dubuque, Iowa) 1
Dubuque Packing Company 1
Eaton, Linda 1
Eisinger, Mary 1
Embroiderers' Guild of America. Plum Grove Chapter (Iowa City, Iowa) 1
Entertainment Industry Coalition on Aids 1
Estes, Simon 1
Evans, Alpha, 1918- 1
Fix, Beverly Barnes, 1919- 1
Flunder, Yvette A. 1
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