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A Political Dialogue: Iowa's Women Legislators oral history collection

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0089
Abstract

Interviews with Iowa women legislators conducted by Suzanne O'Dea Schenken.

Dates: 1988-1993

Anabeth Koob Voigts papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0694
Abstract

Materials relate to the efforts of Voigts to obtain the release of her sister, Kathryn Koob, who was held hostage in Iran between 1979 and 1981.

Dates: 1976-1999

Betty M. Burger papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0792
Abstract

Congressional caseworker from 1967 until 2007.

Dates: 1973-2009

Black Hawk County Women's Political Caucus records

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0734
Abstract

Organized in 1973, members supported a number of feminist initiatives including economic equalty and the ERA.

Dates: 1973-1980

Campaign to Add Women to the Iowa Constitution records

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0400
Abstract

Organization formed to work for passage of Iowa state ERA.

Dates: 1978-1998

Cecile Cooper papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0006
Abstract

Civil rights worker in Davenport.

Dates: 1964-1998

Democratic Activist Women's Network, District 1 records

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0602
Abstract

Organization created to recruit, educate, and elect Democratic women to public office in Iowa.

Dates: 1981-2009

Dorothy Carpenter papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0278
Abstract

Republican who served in Iowa House of Representatives from 1980 to 1994.

Dates: 1979-1995

Elaine Szymoniak papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0166
Abstract

Iowa State senator, Des Moines City Council member, and hearing and speech consultant.

Dates: 1974-2004

Elizabeth R. Miller papers

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: IWA0112
Abstract

Farm woman and Republican state legislator from Marshalltown, Iowa.



Arrangement

One folder, shelved in SCVF.

Dates: 1972-1984

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

Iowa Commission on the Status of Women records

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0175
Abstract

Legislative commission designed to study, protect, and advocate for the women of Iowa.

Dates: 1968-2013

Iowa ERA Coalition records

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0011
Abstract

Organization to promote passage of an Equal Rights Amendment to the Iowa and United States constitutions.

Dates: 1974-1981

Iowa Women Against the Equal Rights Amendment records

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0018
Abstract

Grassroots organization opposed to Iowa's ratification of the ERA to the Iowa and United States constitutions.

Dates: 1972-1980

Iowa Women's Equality Campaign records

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0629
Abstract

The organization formed in 1992 to work for passage of the state ERA in Iowa.

Dates: 1975-1992

Iowa Women's Political Caucus records

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0019
Abstract

Organization to promote the advancement of women in politics.

Dates: 1972-1999

Jane Christoffer Rubel papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0346
Abstract

High school bascketball player who sued the Iowa Girl's High School Athletic Union to be allowed to play on the school team after becoming pregnant.

Dates: 1969-1993

Janis Torrence Laughlin papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0125
Abstract

Muscatine County Supervisor from 1976 to 1982 and Representative in the Iowa Legislature from 1983 to 1985.

Dates: 1976-1990

Johnie Hammond papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0563
Abstract

Democratic representative and senator in the Iowa legislature.

Dates: 1970-2006

Johnson County ERA Coalition records

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0138
Abstract

Organized in Iowa City to promote the passage of the Equal Rights Amendment to the constitution of the state of Iowa.



Arrangement

"New Strategies, Old Obstacles in the Fight for Equality: An Analysis of the 1992 Iowa ERA Referendum Campaign," is shelved in the Iowa Women's Archives printed works collection (fHQ.1236.5.U6 F45 1993).

Dates: 1984-1993

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  • Repository: Iowa Women's Archives X
  • Subject: 1981-1990 X
  • Subject: Women -- Political activity X

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Subject
Archives (groupings) 45
Women lawyers 42
1971-1980 37
1991-2000 34
Personal papers 26
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Photographs 23
Iowa 22
Administrative records 19
Political campaigns 17
Women's rights 17
Women -- Societies and clubs 15
Equal rights amendments 14
Political participation 14
Cultural artifacts 12
Legislators 12
Women in public life 11
2001-2010 10
Correspondence 10
Speeches 10
Women 10
Sound recordings 9
Political candidates 8
Feminism 7
Scrapbooks 7
Video recordings 7
Des Moines (Iowa) 6
Abortion 5
Iowa City (Iowa) 5
Oral histories 5
African American women -- Iowa 4
Equality before the law 4
Law 4
Lawyers 4
Politicians 4
Rural women 4
Social workers 4
Women in agriculture 4
1961-1970 3
African American women 3
Caucus 3
Community activists 3
Discrimination in employment 3
Feminists 3
Legislation 3
Municipal government 3
Political activists 3
Sex discrimination against women 3
Teachers 3
Volunteer workers in social service 3
20th century 2
Ames (Iowa) 2
Bisexuals 2
Black Hawk County (Iowa) 2
Civil rights 2
Community education 2
County officials and employees 2
Dubuque (Iowa) 2
Educators 2
Families 2
Gays 2
Johnson County (Iowa) 2
Lesbians 2
Local government 2
Memoirs 2
Motion pictures 2
Pacifism 2
Peace 2
Polk County (Iowa) 2
Posters 2
Practice of law 2
Professional associations 2
Scott County (Iowa) 2
Sexual minorities 2
Social service 2
Speech therapists 2
Supervisors (Local government) 2
Transgender people 2
Washington (D.C.) 2
Women in community development 2
Working class women 2
Affirmative action programs 1
African Americans 1
Aging 1
Agriculture 1
Autobiographies 1
Baltimore (Md.) 1
Basketball for girls 1
Basketball players 1
Bettendorf (Iowa) 1
Bioethics 1
Bremer County (Iowa) 1
Campaign funds 1
Career development 1
Cedar Falls (Iowa) 1
Cedar Rapids (Iowa) 1
Centerville (Iowa) 1
Children of deaf parents 1
Christmas cards 1
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Names
Republican Party (Iowa) 8
Iowa. General Assembly. House of Representatives 7
Iowa. General Assembly. Senate 5
Democratic Party (Iowa) 4
Hammond, Johnie (1932-) 3
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National Organization for Women. Iowa 3
University of Iowa 3
Chapman, Kathleen "Kay" Halloran (1937-) 2
Drake University 2
Gruhn, Josephine, 1927-2015 2
Harper, Patricia (1932-) 2
Iowa ERA Coalition 2
Iowa Women's Political Caucus 2
Iowa. General Assembly 2
Larsen, Sonja, 1941- 2
Metcalf, Janet, 1935- 2
Miller, Elizabeth R. (Elizabeth Ruby), 1905-1988 2
National Organization for Women. Dubuque Chapter 2
National Organization for Women. Johnson County-Iowa City Chapter 2
National Women's Political Caucus (U.S.) 2
O'Dea, Suzanne, 1950- 2
Teaford, Jane (1935-) 2
Torrence Laughlin, Janis, 1926-2014 (1926-2014) 2
Adams, Janet (1937-) 1
American Association for the United Nations 1
Anderson, Helen 1
Anderson, Margaret, 1928- 1
Anderson, Ruth Bluford, 1921-2013 1
Baxter, Elaine (1933-2021) 1
Beatty, Linda, 1942- 1
Becker, Virginia (1918-2009) 1
Berg, Orville 1
Black Hawk County Women's Political Caucus (Iowa) 1
Bloom, Amy 1
Bock, Lena Belle, 1904-2007 1
Boyd, Nancy Shimanek, 1947- 1
Brandt, Diane, 1938- 1
Buhr, Florence, 1933- 1
Burger, Betty M., 1920-2007 1
Bush, George, 1924- 1
Campaign to Add Women to the Iowa Constitution 1
Carl, Janet (1948-) 1
Carpenter, Dorothy, 1933-2011 1
Clark, Betty Jean, 1920-2005 1
Cohen, Gertrude (1913-2016) 1
Conklin, Charlene, 1929-2022 1
Cooper, Cecile, 1900-1997 1
Corning, Joy (1932-2017) 1
Cothorn, Marguerite, 1909-1998 1
Crabb, Helen M., 1916- 1
Democratic Activist Women's Network 1
Des Moines Human Rights Commission 1
Doderer, Minnette, 1923-2005 1
Donovan, Vergene (1924-) 1
Dubuque Human Rights Commission (Dubuque, Iowa) 1
Dubuque Packing Company 1
Duitscher, Lucille Dreier, 1922- 1
Duncan, Bob 1
ERA Iowa 1992 1
Eaton, Linda 1
Estes, Simon 1
Ford, Gerald R., 1913-2006 1
Gammack, Katy, 1941- 1
Garman, Teresa, 1937- 1
Gentleman, Julia (1931-) 1
Goldsmith, Judith 1
Gregerson, Mary Pat, 1938- 1
Hannon, Beverly A., 1932- 1
Hanrahan, Robert 1
Harper, Mattie 1
Hoffmann-Bright, Betty, 1921- 1
Iowa Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations 1
Iowa Business Council 1
Iowa Commission for Senior Citizens 1
Iowa Commission on the Status of Women 1
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation. Women's Committee 1
Iowa Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO 1
Iowa Freedom Foundation 1
Iowa Girl's High School Athletic Union 1
Iowa Organization of Women Attorneys 1
Iowa State Association of Counties 1
Iowa State Bar Association 1
Iowa Women Against the Equal Rights Amendment 1
Iowa Women's Caucus Research and Education Center 1
Iowa Women's Equality Campaign 1
Iowa Women's Hall of Fame 1
Iowa's Women Legislators Oral Histories (Project) 1
Iowa. State Board of Medical Examiners 1
Iowa. Supreme Court 1
Johnson County ERA Coalition (Johnson County, Iowa) 1
Juilliard School 1
Koob, Kathryn 1
Kuehl, Curt 1
Kurdika, Simas 1
League of Women Voters of Iowa 1
League of Women Voters of Sioux City, Iowa 1
Levin, Myrtilla F., 1938- 1
Lipsky, Joan (1919-2015) 1
Lloyd-Jones, Jean (1929-) 1
Lonergan, Joyce, 1934- 1
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