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A Political Dialogue: Iowa's Women Legislators oral histories

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0089
Abstract

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

Dates: 1988-1993

Alpha Evans papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0605
Abstract

Rural middle school teacher who chaired the Iowa committee to revise teacher standards in the 1970s.

Dates: 1977-2001

Anita Crawford papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0599
Abstract

Buchanan County farmwoman who was active in the Farm Bureau and county historical society.

Dates: 1939-1998

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

Barbara Flanagan papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0611
Abstract

Reporter, women's page editor, and columnist for the Minneapolis Star and Tribune from the 1940s until 1988.

Dates: 1950-1991

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

Betty Jean Furgerson papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0111
Abstract

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

Dates: 1921-2010

Carolyn "Kay" Bucksbaum papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0591
Abstract

Civic activist involved in the Jewish community, the Des Moines symphony, the League of Women Voters, and the Proteus Club.

Dates: 1949-1998

Chauncey Depew Club records

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0725
Abstract

Des Moines women's club formed in 1897 to promote efficiency in extemporaneous speaking.

Dates: 1913-2005

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

Dorothy Rubenstein papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0739
Abstract

Federal Civil Service employee who graduated from the University of Iowa School of Journalism and Communication in 1932.

Dates: 1928-2004

Edna Flesner papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0612
Abstract

Biology teacher at Iowa City City High School from 1928 to 1967.

Dates: 1925-2004

Edna Griffin papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0443
Abstract

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

Dates: 1948-2004

Elaine Szymoniak papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0166
Abstract

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

Dates: 1974-2004

Eleanor Gildner Hageboeck papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0460
Abstract

University of Iowa alumna and clubwoman. She wrote a column for the Iowa City Press Citizen during World War II.

Dates: 1929-1993

Emma Harvat papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0163
Abstract

First woman mayor of Iowa City, serving from 1922 to 1925.

Dates: 1920-2001

Faith Knowler papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0206
Abstract

Johnson County community activist from the 1970s to 1990s.

Dates: 1936-1995

FlaGstone: A Publication of the FG Syndrome Family Alliance newsletters

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0610
Abstract

The newsletter of the FG Syndrome Family Alliance, edited by two Iowa City women whose sons have FG syndrome.

Dates: 1998-2006

Flora Garden Club (Manchester, Iowa) records

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0481
Abstract

The records include notebooks for flower shows, a program planning book, and newspaper articles.

Dates: 1950-2004

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Iowa. General Assembly. House of Representatives 9
Republican Party (Iowa) 7
Democratic Party (Iowa) 6
State University of Iowa 5
Iowa Commission on the Status of Women 3
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Iowa Women's Hall of Fame 3
Chapman, Kathleen "Kay" Halloran (1937-) 2
Cohen, Gertrude (1913-2016) 2
Conlin, Roxanne Barton, 1944- 2
Doderer, Minnette, 1923-2005 2
Drake University 2
Grinnell College 2
Gruhn, Josephine, 1927-2015 2
Hammond, Johnie (1932-) 2
Iowa. General Assembly. Senate 2
Know Your Neighbor (Panel : Des Moines, Iowa) 2
League of Women Voters of Iowa 2
Lloyd-Jones, Jean (1929-) 2
Neuhauser, Mary C., 1934- 2
Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) 2
Veterans Administration Hospital (Iowa City, Iowa) 2
AIDS Coalition of Johnson County (Iowa) 1
Adams, Janet (1937-) 1
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority 1
American Association for the United Nations 1
American Association of University Women 1
Anderson, Helen 1
Anton, Judy 1
Association of Trial Lawyers of America 1
Association of Trial Lawyers of Iowa 1
Audiovisual Education Association of Iowa 1
Baxter, Elaine (1933-2021) 1
Beatty, Linda, 1942- 1
Becker, Virginia (1918-2009) 1
Benedict Home (Des Moines, Iowa) 1
Berg, Orville 1
Bloom, Amy 1
Bock, Lena Belle, 1904-2007 1
Boyd, Nancy Shimanek, 1947- 1
Brandt, Diane, 1938- 1
Brigance, Linda 1
Buchanan County Farm Bureau (Iowa). Women's Committee 1
Bucksbaum, Carolyn, 1929- 1
Buhr, Florence, 1933- 1
Burleson, Jane, 1928- 1
Bush, George, 1924- 1
Calderon, Barbara McDonald, 1915- 1
Call, Leona, 1857-1943 1
Carl, Janet (1948-) 1
Carpenter, Dorothy, 1933-2011 1
Carter, Lucille Ketchum, 1913- 1
Center for the American Woman and Politics (Eagleton Institute of Politics) 1
Central Washington State University 1
Chauncey Depew Club (Des Moines, Iowa) 1
Christian Children's Fund 1
City High School (Iowa City, Iowa) 1
Clark, Betty Jean, 1920-2005 1
Cochran family 1
Cochran, Lee W. (Lee William) 1
Cochran, Lida M. 1
Coffin, Winnie 1
Collins, Wilma Belden, 1909- 1
Collison, Margaret Davis, 1921-2014 1
Congressional Club (Washington, D.C.) 1
Conklin, Charlene, 1929-2022 1
Cooper, Fannie Wilson 1
Corning, Joy (1932-2017) 1
Cosson, George 1
Cosson, Jennifer Riggs, -1943 1
Cothorn, Marguerite, 1909-1998 1
Crabb, Helen M., 1916- 1
Crawford family 1
Crawford, Anita, 1909-1998 1
Crowl, Jennifer 1
Davis, Laura Hutchison, 1916-1993 1
Davis, Lloyd L. 1
Democratic Activist Women's Network 1
Des Moines Human Rights Commission 1
Des Moines Metro Opera Guild 1
Des Moines Suffrage Club 1
Displaced Homemakers Network 1
Door Opener (Mason City, Iowa) 1
Drake College of Pharmacy 1
Duitscher, Lucille Dreier, 1922- 1
Duncan, Bob 1
Egenes, Joan Vander Naald, 1936- 1
Eichacker, Lois H. (1932-2018) 1
Evans, Alpha, 1918- 1
FG Syndrome Family Alliance 1
Flanagan, Barbara, 1924- 1
Flesner, Edna, 1904-2004 1
Flora Garden Club (Manchester, Iowa) 1
Florida Women's Consortium 1
Ford, Gerald R., 1913-2006 1
Fowler, Gwendolyn Wilson, 1907-1997 1
Frederick County Human Relations Commission (Frederick County, Iowa) 1
Furgerson, Betty Jean, 1927- 1
Garman, Teresa, 1937- 1
Garrity, Margaret 1
Garrity-Sandage Associates, Inc. 1
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