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Kathryn W. Hansen

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0859
Abstract

Photographer, Peace Corps volunteer, and United Nations Association leader and member.

Dates: 1959-2012

Louise Rosenfield Noun papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0035
Abstract

Feminist and civil liberties activist from Des Moines, Iowa, who was also an art collector, author, and co-founder of the Louise Noun-Mary Louise Smith Iowa Women's Archives.

Dates: 1926-2018

Magdalena "Helen" Tylee papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0471
Abstract

A German war bride who came to Iowa in 1922. During World War II she ran the family farm while her husband was serving in the armed forces.

Dates: 1917-1988

Marjorie Vandervelde papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0375
Abstract

Photojournalist and writer who lived with Cuna Indians on the San Blas Islands to learn their culture and traditions.

Dates: 1837-2008

Mary Elizabeth Wood papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0262
Abstract

Social worker and the first African American woman in the United States to be named executive director of a greater metropolitan YWCA.

Dates: 1920-1998

Mary Frances Reger-Wilkinson papers

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Identifier: IWA0501
Abstract

Social worker who worked for the American National Red Cross during and after World War II.

Dates: 1942-2002

Mary Louise Smith papers

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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

McCown Family Papers

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Identifier: IWA0852
Abstract

Northwest Iowa family including Robert McCown, head of the University of Iowa Libraries Department of Special Collections from 1986-1997.

Dates: 1909-2012

Melba Gardemann Olson papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0456
Abstract

Benton County, Iowa, farm girl and teacher who played on her high school's basketball championship team in 1927.

Dates: 1916-1993

Ruth Hager Cousin papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0522
Abstract

Trained as a nurse between 1917 and 1920, and worked as a school nurse in Iowa Falls and Marshalltown, Iowa from 1931 to 1965.

Dates: 1914-1985

Ruth Hamilton papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0192
Abstract

Teacher and world traveler who served in the New Hampshire legislature.

Dates: 1895-2008

Shirley M. Sandage papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0318
Abstract

Mason City, Iowa-born civil rights activist, United States field representative for the Christian Children's Fund and director of program development for the National Organization on Disability.

Dates: 1927-2012

Willow Hill papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0487
Abstract

Diaries describe growing up in rural Iowa in the 1960s and the period from1992 to 2001.

Dates: 1960-2001

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American Association for the United Nations 1
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American National Red Cross 1
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Aurora Reading Club of Pittsburgh (Pa.) 1
Burgess family 1
Burgess, Nellie 1
Bush, George, 1924- 1
Camp Fire Girls. Iowana Council 1
Camp Hitaga 1
Camp Hiwela 1
Central Methodist Episcopal Church (Oskaloosa, Iowa) 1
Charleton, Gwyn 1
Christian Children's Fund 1
Chrysalis Foundation 1
Clark family 1
Clark, Dene 1
Clark, Dorothy, 1900-1986 1
Clark, Esther Treptow, 1905-2004 1
Clark, Harold 1
Clark, Leola 1
Clark, Stillman 1
Cousin, Ruth Hager, 1895-1994 1
Daughters of the American Revolution 1
Davis, Aldeen 1
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority 1
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority. Phi Chapter (Des Moines, Iowa) 1
Dendel, Esther Warner, 1910-2002 1
Dendel, Jo 1
Denwar Ceramics 1
Des Moines Art Center 1
Des Moines Child Guidance Center 1
Des Moines Human Rights Commission 1
Displaced Homemakers Network 1
Door Opener (Mason City, Iowa) 1
Drake University 1
Drewelowe, Eve, 1899-1988 1
Edna Means Dramatic Service 1
Emerson College of Oratory 1
Everett, Esther, 1910-2008 1
Everett, Fred 1
First United Methodist Church (Randalia, Iowa) 1
Ford, Gerald R., 1913-2006 1
Foster, Georgana Falb, 1928- 1
Franklin Book Programs, inc. 1
Frederick County Human Relations Commission (Frederick County, Iowa) 1
Friendship Haven, Home for the Retired (Fort Dodge, Iowa) 1
Garrity, Margaret 1
Garrity-Sandage Associates, Inc. 1
Hager, Thora 1
Hamilton, Carter 1
Hamilton, Ruth, 1898-2008 1
Hammond, Ilene 1
Hansen, Kathryn W. 1
Highland Park College (Des Moines, Iowa) 1
Hill, Willow, 1945- 1
Horsley, Jess 1
Horsley, Maureen 1
Hughes, Harold E. (Harold Everett), 1922-1996 1
Iglesias, Marvel 1
Illinois Training School for Nurses 1
Iowa Abortion Rights Activists League. Steering Committee 1
Iowa Civil Liberties Union 1
Iowa ERA Coalition 1
Iowa Governor's Commission on Health Care Costs 1
Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation 1
Iowa State Teachers College 1
Iowa Women's Hall of Fame 1
Iowa Women's Political Caucus 1
Iowa. Department of Social Services 1
Johnson, Martin 1
Johnson, Ursula 1
Kansas City National Training School for Deaconesses and Missionaries 1
Kelley, Alice 1
Kelley, Mary Louise 1
Koob, Kathryn 1
Larson, Helen, 1899-1996 1
League of Women Voters (Des Moines, Iowa) 1
Mahaska County Historical Society 1
Manuscript Society (U.S.) 1
Mason, Kären 1
Mays, A. Louise, 1914- 1
McCown family 1
McCown, Alfred Brown, 1850-1929 1
McCown, Anne Elizabeth, 1965- 1
McCown, Don Cleveland, 1884-1950 1
McCown, Frances Anne, 1902-1963 1
McCown, John Patrick, 1964- 1
McCown, Margaret 1
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