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OOP (Marion, Iowa) records

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0528
Abstract

Women's study club founded in 1867 by young women who had attended the Marion Female Seminary.

Dates: 1867-2005

Opal Miller papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0359
Abstract

Democrat, educator and clubwoman who served in the Iowa House of Representatives in the 1970s.

Dates: 1960-1998

Ortha P. Neff papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0561
Abstract

Red Cross staff member who was stationed in Okinawa and Hawaii during World War II.

Dates: 1944-2006

Otilia Gomez Savala papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0827
Abstract

Davenport woman raised in the Cook's Point neighborhood, whose parents emigrated from Mexico in the early twentieth century.

Dates: 1937-2014

Palo Alto Garden Club (Emmetsburg, Iowa) records

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0574
Abstract

Garden club in Emmetsburg, Iowa.

Dates: 1959-1994

Patricia Filipowska papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0147
Abstract

Poet and native of Burlington, Iowa.



Arrangement

The Well (Lexington, MA: R.E. Filipowski, c1993) is shelved with printed works, in the Iowa Authors Collection in the Special Collections Department, and in the general collection in the Main Library.

Dates: 1930-1997

Patricia Geadelmann papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0812
Abstract

Feminist and physical educator who was a strong proponent of the ERA and Title IX.

Dates: 1965-2006

Patricia Hillard papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0715
Abstract

Papers document Hillard's work as Western U.S. Division Director of La Leche League International.



Arrangement

Administrative, Boxes 1-10

Area Conferences, Boxes 10-11

Area Coordinator of Leaders (ACL), Boxes 11-13

Areas, Boxes 13-18

Biographical information, Box 1

Conferences, Boxes 18-20

Correspondence, Boxes 20-25

Division Director, Boxes 25-27

Financial Records, Boxes 27-29

Human Relations Enrichment (HRE), Boxes 29-30

Other Divisions, Boxes 31-33

Photographs, Box 46

Professional Liaison Department (PLD), Boxes 33-34

Programs, Boxes 34-35

Publications, Box 35-42

Publicity, Box 42

Regional Administrators (RA), Boxes 42-44

Resource and Development (R&D), Boxes 44-46

Dates: 1963-2001

Paula Watts Brown papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0002
Abstract

Civic leader in Des Moines, Iowa.

Dates: 1930-1974

Pauline Lyon papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0202
Abstract

Waterloo, Iowa, native who served in WAVES during World War II and later worked for the American Red Cross.

Dates: 1884-1994

Pearl Knoop papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0379
Abstract

Librarian and bird watcher from Marble Rock, Iowa.

Dates: 1933-1998

Peg Mullen papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0082
Abstract

Anti-Vietnam War activist whose son, Michael, was killed by 'friendly fire' in Vietnam in 1970.



Arrangement

Copies of the hardcover and paperback versions of "Friendly Fire" and a hardcover copy of "Unfriendly Fire: A Mother's Memoir" are shelved in the printed works collection.

Dates: 1966-2010

Penny Furgerson papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0280
Abstract

Pakistan-born Indian American pharmacist, dancer, choreographer, and theatre director who founded the Gateway Dance Theatre, a Des Moines-based company specializing in multiethnic dance.

Dates: 1937-2023

Phyllis Harper-Bardach papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0319
Abstract

Educator of hearing-impaired children and retired professor of Education at the University of Iowa.

Dates: 1940-1998

Pi Lambda Theta, Theta Chapter records

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0817
Abstract

Honorary society for women students in the field of education.

Dates: 1918-2008

Pierce-Stuart Family papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0483
Abstract

Diaries of Mary Pierce describe family life in Harlan, Iowa from 1927 to 1947; Mary Clark's memoir reflects on medical challenges in the early 1900s.

Dates: 1927-1989

Pilot International Club of Iowa City records

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0788
Abstract

Organization to promote improvement of conditions and treatment for brain-related disorders.

Dates: 1939-2012

Polly Ely papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0829
Abstract

Peace and civil rights activist who was a longtime member of Peoples Church Unitarian Universalist in Cedar Rapids.

Dates: 1937-2008

Prairie View Club (Hardin County) records

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0432
Abstract

Rural women's club dating from the early twentieth century.

Dates: 1932-1995

Prentiss Family papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0060
Abstract

The family came to Iowa City in 1905 when Henry Prentiss established the Anatomy Department at the State University of Iowa.

Dates: 1891-1996

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Mason, Kären 6
American National Red Cross 5
General Federation of Women's Clubs 5
Iowa. General Assembly. Senate 5
Lloyd-Jones, Jean (1929-) 5
Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) 5
State University of Iowa. Department of Home Economics 5
United Nations Association of the United States of America. Iowa Division 5
University of Iowa. Libraries. Iowa Women's Archives 5
White family 5
City High School (Iowa City, Iowa) 4
Daughters of the American Revolution 4
Iowa Commission on the Status of Women 4
League of Women Voters of Johnson County, Iowa 4
Shrauger, Cornelia Prentiss, 1896-1985 4
United States. Naval Reserve. Women's Reserve 4
University High School (Iowa City, Iowa) 4
University of Iowa. College of Nursing 4
University of Iowa. Hospitals and Clinics 4
Des Moines Women's Club 3
Ellsworth Community College (Iowa Falls, Iowa) 3
Iowa Civil Rights Commission 3
Iowa State University 3
Jones, Virginia Shrauger, 1921- 3
Keyes, Margaret N., 1918-2015 3
League of United Latin American Citizens. Council 10 (Davenport, Iowa) 3
Ray, Robert D. (1928-2018) 3
Republican National Committee (U.S.) 3
Smith, Mary Louise (1914-1997) 3
State University of Iowa. School of Nursing 3
United Nations 3
United Nations Association of the United States of America 3
United States. Navy 3
University of Iowa. Department of Physical Education for Women 3
University of Northern Iowa 3
Young Women's Christian Association (State University of Iowa) 3
Young Women's Christian Association of the U.S.A. 3
American Association for the United Nations 2
Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women 2
Atlantic High School (Atlantic, Iowa) 2
Bourret, Joan Liffring-Zug (1929-2022) 2
Branstad, Terry E. 2
Camp Fire Girls 2
Camp Fire Girls. Iowana Council 2
Christen, Inez, 1906-1999 2
Coe College 2
Conlin, Roxanne Barton, 1944- 2
Davis, Aldeen 2
Day, Cornelia, 1919-2004 2
Des Moines Art Center 2
Drake University 2
Ellsworth family 2
Federated Garden Clubs of Iowa 2
Fox, Margaret, 1912-2010 2
Furgerson, Betty Jean, 1927- 2
Gerber, John C. 2
Girl Scouts of the United States of America 2
Governor Ray's Commission on the Status Of Women (Iowa) 2
Grefe, Mary 2
Griffin, Edna, 1909-2000 2
International Wives Club (Iowa City, Iowa) 2
Iowa City Public Library (Iowa City, Iowa) 2
Iowa Civil Liberties Union 2
Iowa ERA Coalition 2
Iowa Falls High School (Iowa Falls, Iowa) 2
Iowa Federation of Women's Clubs 2
Iowa League for Nursing 2
Iowa Medical Society. Woman's Auxiliary 2
Iowa Mother of the Year 2
Iowa Mothers Association 2
Iowa Nurses' Association 2
Iowa Parent Teacher Association 2
Iowa Porkettes 2
Iowa Women's Hall of Fame 2
Keck family 2
Keene, Carolyn 2
League of United Latin American Citizens 2
League of Women Voters (Des Moines, Iowa) 2
League of Women Voters of Iowa City, Iowa 2
Monroe Busy Bees (4-H Club : Mahaska County, Iowa) 2
Moore, Mary Ellen, 1919-1998 2
Morris, Arlene Roberts (1926-2016) 2
Mullen, Peg, 1917-2009 2
Muscatine Migrant Committee 2
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People 2
Neal, Kathryn M. 2
Noun, Louise R. (1908-2002) 2
O'Dea, Suzanne, 1950- 2
Older Women's League (U.S.) 2
Pennsylvania State University 2