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Lillian Moore Scales papers
Estherville, Iowa-born homemaker and teacher who was active in literary, political, and religious groups in Des Moines.
Lois H. Eichacker papers
Fort Madison civic leader and former president of the University of Iowa Alumni Association Board.
Lulu Merle Johnson papers
An African American woman from Gravity, Iowa, who earned an MA in 1930 and a PhD in 1941 in American history from the State University of Iowa.
Marguerite Cothorn papers
Social worker and political activist, who served on the Iowa Civil Rights Commission from 1983 to 1984.
Marjorie Marsh papers
Fort Madison, Iowa, native, and active club member and volunteer.
Arrangement
One folder, shelved in SCVF.
Martha Nash papers
Civil rights activist, community and religious leader, she was executive director of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Center for Education and Vocational Training in Waterloo.
Mary Dickens papers
Community activist, volunteer, and poet in Waterloo.
Arrangement
One folder, shelved in SCVF.
Mary Elizabeth Wood papers
Social worker and the first African American woman in the United States to be named executive director of a greater metropolitan YWCA.
Maude Esther White papers
Founder of the Des Moines Tutoring Center, and Iowa's first Affirmative Action administrator from 1973 to 1978.
May Tangen papers
University of Iowa librarian who moved to Mississippi during the Civil Rights Movement.
Arrangement
Three folders, shelved in SCVF.
Nadine Domond papers
Hawkeye women's basketball star, WNBA player and entrepreneur.
Noble Photograph collection
Postcards and photographs of Iowa includes the work of professional women photographers in Iowa.
Olabelle Reed papers
Teacher, community activist, and co-founder of Club Les Dames, an African American women's club in Waterloo.
Arrangement
One folder, shelved in SCVF.
Penny Furgerson papers
Native of India who founded the Gateway Dance Theatre, a Des Moines-based company specializing in multiethnic dance.
Ruth Bluford Anderson papers
Professor Emeritus of Social Work at the University of Northern Iowa, author, and Black Hawk County Supervisor.
Sarilda Phillips papers
Mississippi schoolteacher who was forced into retirement in 1956 following desegregation.
United Sisters of Black Hawk County records
Iowa affiliate of Networking Together, Inc., an organization for women of color.
Venise T. Berry papers
Novelist and associate professor of journalism and mass communication at the University of Iowa.
Verda Williams papers
Communication specialist at Iowa State University who produced the documentary Black Des Moines: Voices Seldom Heard.
Virginia Harper papers
One of five African American women who integrated Currier Hall at the University of Iowa in 1946. Former president of the Fort Madison chapter of the NAACP.
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- Crabb, Helen M., 1916- 1
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- Davis, June, 1940- 1
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- Duitscher, Lucille Dreier, 1922- 1
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