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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

Adrien Wing papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: IWA1095
Abstract

Black attorney, faculty and Associate Dean at the University of Iowa College of Law.

Dates: 1990-1995

Aldeen Davis papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0279
Abstract

Muscatine, Iowa, newspaper columnist active in arts, civic, educational, and religious organizations.

Dates: 1954-1995

Archie L. Greene papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0296
Abstract

Writer and volunteer who earned a doctorate in English from the University of Iowa while living with spinocerebellar degeneration.

Dates: 1963-1998

Arlene Morris papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0276
Abstract

Clinical psychologist and University of Iowa alumna who was a member of the Des Moines Know Your Neighbor panel.

Dates: 1946-1996

Azalia Mitchell papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0650
Abstract

Mitchell and her husband operated the Community Pharmacy in Des Moines for 25 years.

Dates: 1911-1988

Barbara M. Calderon papers

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: IWA0247
Abstract

Nursing administrator and first African-American public health nurse in Iowa.



Arrangement

Two folders, shelved in SCVF.

Dates: 1945-1968

Barbara Wommack papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0698
Abstract

Clubwoman and member of the Semper Fidelis Club in Davenport, Iowa.

Dates: 1990-2005

Bessie Wilkerson papers

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: IWA0320
Abstract

Former seamstress and long-time resident of Fort Madison, Iowa.



Arrangement

One folder, shelved in SCVF.

Dates: 1994

Betty Jean Furgerson papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0111
Abstract

Teacher, social worker, human rights commission director, and university regent from Waterloo.

Dates: 1921-2010

Betty Mae Page papers

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: IWA0281
Abstract

Waterloo, Iowa resident who served on Governor Ray's Commission on the Status of Women.



Arrangement

One folder, shelved in SCVF.

Dates: 1969-1996

Billie D. Lloyd papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0705
Abstract

Social worker, community activist, and civic administrator who founded the Quad Cities Conference on Black Families, Inc.

Dates: 1957-1995

Booster Women's Club (Fort Madison, Iowa) records

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0322
Abstract

Social and philanthropic club organized in 1947 by African American women in Fort Madison, Iowa

Dates: 1947-1998

Catherine Gayle Williams papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0242
Abstract

Professional dancer and deputy commissioner of the Iowa Department of Social Services.

Dates: 1910-1991

Cecile Cooper papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0006
Abstract

Civil rights worker in Davenport.

Dates: 1964-1998

Cherry Muhanji papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0366
Abstract

Writer, lesbian activist, and University of Iowa alumna.

Dates: 1984-2006

Dora E. Mackay papers

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: IWA0248
Abstract

African American singer and beauty shop owner in Des Moines, Iowa.



Arrangement

One folder, shelved in SCVF; one audiocassette [AC1109] shelved in audiocassette collection.

Dates: 1932-2006

E. Marie Hawkins papers

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: IWA0333
Abstract

Iowa City elementary school teacher.



Arrangement

One folder, shelved in SCVF; one videocassette [V133] shelved in videocassette collection.

Dates: 1991-1997

Edith Reed Atkinson papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0251
Abstract

Singer and radio-script editor from Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Atkinson performed in a song-and-dance act with her brothers Wallace and Cecil Reed from 1935 to 1944.

Dates: 1935-1997

Edna Griffin papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0443
Abstract

Civil rights activist, later known as the Rosa Parks of Iowa.

Dates: 1948-2004

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African American women -- Iowa 62
Archives (groupings) 59
African American women 56
Personal papers 50
Photographs 44
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20th century 37
1991-2000 24
Des Moines (Iowa) 18
1981-1990 16
Iowa City (Iowa) 16
Iowa 13
Oral histories 13
Sound recordings 13
Video recordings 13
2001-2010 10
African Americans 10
Speeches 10
Women in public life 10
Community activists 9
Correspondence 9
Women 9
Women -- Political activity 9
Women lawyers 9
Cultural artifacts 8
Teachers 8
Women -- Societies and clubs 8
Administrative records 7
College students 7
Race discrimination 7
Race relations 7
Scrapbooks 7
Teaching 7
Volunteers 7
Waterloo (Iowa) 7
Women in education 7
College teachers 6
Families 6
Social workers 6
Women in community organization 6
1971-1980 5
Authors 5
Civic leaders 5
Civil rights workers 5
Clubs 5
Fort Madison (Iowa) 5
Volunteer workers in social service 5
Awards 4
Community organization 4
Diaries 4
Educators 4
Minority women 4
Nurses 4
Nursing -- Study and teaching (Associate degree) 4
Nursing -- Study and teaching (Graduate) 4
Racism 4
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Sports for girls 4
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Twentieth century 4
1961-1970 3
Cedar Rapids (Iowa) 3
Civil rights 3
Davenport (Iowa) 3
Holly Springs (Miss.) 3
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Pharmacists 3
Posters 3
Retired women 3
Women in charitable work 3
Women in higher education 3
Women in medicine 3
Women in pharmacy 3
Yearbooks 3
1941-1950 2
1951-1960 2
African American graduate students 2
African American students 2
Ames (Iowa) 2
Artists 2
Autobiographies 2
Basketball for girls 2
Basketball for women 2
Black Hawk County (Iowa) 2
Burlington (Iowa) 2
Civil rights movements 2
Conservatorships 2
Dancers 2
Education 2
Elementary school teachers 2
Equality before the law 2
Family papers 2
Girls 2
Government employees 2
High school students 2
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Keokuk (Iowa) 2
Law 2
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Names
University of Iowa 11
State University of Iowa 5
Iowa Women's Hall of Fame 3
Drake University 2
Felton, Geraldene, 1926- 2
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Furgerson, Betty Jean, 1927- 2
Hammond, Johnie (1932-) 2
Iowa Commission on the Status of Women 2
Lemme, Helen 2
Lloyd-Jones, Jean (1929-) 2
Marsh, Marjorie, 1913- 2
Morris, Arlene Roberts (1926-2016) 2
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People 2
Neal, Kathryn M. 2
Southall, Geneva H. 2
Veterans Administration Hospital (Iowa City, Iowa) 2
Wing, Adrien Katherine 2
Wood, Mary Elizabeth, 1902- 2
YWCA of Greater Des Moines 2
Young Women's Christian Association of the U.S.A. 2
Adams, Janet (1937-) 1
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority 1
American Basketball League 1
American Nurses Association 1
Anderson, Helen 1
Anderson, Ruth Bluford, 1921-2013 1
Antioch Baptist Church (Waterloo, Iowa) 1
Archdiocesan Council of Catholic Women's (Dubuque, Iowa) 1
Atkinson, Edith Reed, 1919-2000 1
Aurora Reading Club of Pittsburgh (Pa.) 1
Baxter, Elaine (1933-2021) 1
Beatty, Linda, 1942- 1
Beran family 1
Beran, Janice A. 1
Berry, Dora Martin, 1937- 1
Berry, Jean, 1938- 1
Berry, Venise T. 1
Blind Tom, 1849-1908 1
Bloom, Amy 1
Bolden, Louise, 1922- 1
Booster Women's Club (Fort Madison, Iowa) 1
Boyd, Nancy Shimanek, 1947- 1
Brandt, Diane, 1938- 1
Branstad, Terry E. 1
Brewton, Frances 1
Bridgeport Central High School (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1
Brown, Geraldine 1
Buhr, Florence, 1933- 1
Burleson, Jane, 1928- 1
Calderon, Barbara McDonald (1915-1999) 1
Carl, Janet (1948-) 1
Carson, Frances 1
Chapman, Kathleen "Kay" Halloran (1937-) 1
Clark, Betty Jean, 1920-2005 1
Club Les Dames (Waterloo, Iowa) 1
Coffin, Winnie 1
Cohen, Gertrude (1913-2016) 1
Community Pharmacy (Des Moines, Iowa) 1
Conklin, Charlene, 1929-2022 1
Cooper, Cecile, 1900-1997 1
Cooper, Fannie Wilson 1
Corning, Joy (1932-2017) 1
Cothorn, Marguerite, 1909-1998 1
Crabb, Helen M., 1916- 1
Davis, Aldeen 1
Davis, June, 1940- 1
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority 1
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority. Phi Chapter (Des Moines, Iowa) 1
Des Moines Area Community College 1
Des Moines City Federation of Colored Women 1
Des Moines Suffrage Club 1
Des Moines Tutoring Center 1
Dickens, Mary, 1925-2014 1
Doderer, Minnette, 1923-2005 1
Domond, Nadine, 1975- 1
Drake College of Pharmacy 1
Duitscher, Lucille Dreier, 1922- 1
Dungy, Madgetta, 1942- 1
Eichacker, Lois H. (1932-2018) 1
Estes, Simon 1
Fowler, Gwendolyn Wilson, 1907-1997 1
Franklin Book Programs, inc. 1
Furgerson, Penny, 1936- 1
Garman, Teresa, 1937- 1
Gateway Dance Theatre 1
Gentleman, Julia (1931-) 1
Governor Ray's Commission on the Status Of Women (Iowa) 1
Greene, Archie L., 1945- 1
Greene, Archie Lou Shipp 1
Gregerson, Mary Pat, 1938- 1
Griffin, Edna, 1909-2000 1
Griffin, Phyllis 1
Gruhn, Josephine, 1927-2015 1
Hannon, Beverly A., 1932- 1
Haralovich, Mary Beth 1
Harper family 1
Harper, Mattie 1
Harper, Patricia (1932-) 1
Harper, Virginia, 1929-1997 1
Harris, Gwendolene Barry 1
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