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Bertha Korn Tucker papers
Collection
Identifier: IWA0434
Abstract
Writer and life-long student who was active in the Sisterhood (Jewish aid society) at the Beth El Jacob Synagogue in Des Moines and Hadassah, a national organization aiding disadvantaged Jews, primarily children.
Dates:
1920-1999
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
Des Moines Women's Club records
Collection
Identifier: IWA0858
Edna Means papers
Collection
Identifier: IWA0171
Abstract
Arrangement
Characterist and dramatic reader, and chatauqua performer from Tama, Iowa organized her own talent agency.
Arrangement
A gift copy of James W. Foley's, Some one like you (1915), presented to Means by Elias Day in 1936, has been removed to the printed works collection and cataloged separately.
Dates:
1908-1986
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
Gwendolyn Fowler papers
Collection
Identifier: IWA0365
Abstract
The first African American woman pharmacist licensed in Iowa and presidential appointee to the United States Foreign Service in the 1950s.
Dates:
1905-1996
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
Josie Thurston papers
Collection
Identifier: IWA0514
Abstract
Journalist who worked for the Des Moines Register between 1947 and 1957 and was later a freelance writer.
Dates:
1893-1990
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
Mary Jane Odell papers
Collection
Identifier: IWA0056
Abstract
Television journalist and politician who served as Iowa Secretary of State from 1980 to 1986.
Dates:
1936-2002
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
Neta Andrews papers
Collection
Identifier: IWA0586
Scope and Contents
The Neta Andrews papers date from 1919 to 1922 and measure 2.5 linear inches. The papers primarily provide information regarding her nursing career. The correspondence consists of her acceptance into the Red Cross and a pin that was sent with the letter of congratulations. The medical literature consists of two instructional booklets about pregnancy and effective delivery practices, and an Army hospital newsletter, The Caduceus. A photograph album that apparently belonged to classmate Kay Myer depicts candid photographs of nursing students with patients at Fort Sam Houston in 1921. It also includes photographs of Neta Andrews at her Army School of Nursing Graduation in 1921 An Army Red Cross yearbook gives details on individual army nurses in 1921 as well as photographs and information on various Army hospital bases throughout the United States in that same year. The yearbook includes information about Army bases in Fort Dodge and Des Moines, Iowa and brief descriptions of Army...
Dates:
1919-1922
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
Professional Women's League (Des Moines, Iowa) records
Collection
Identifier: IWA0110
Abstract
Women's club founded in Des Moines in January 1900.
Dates:
1903-2000
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
Proteus Club (Des Moines) records
Collection
Identifier: IWA0096
Abstract
Women's study club organized in 1896 by college graduates for their intellectual improvement.
Dates:
1896-2019
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
Rhonda Penquite papers
Collection
Identifier: IWA0669
Abstract
Professional basketball player and coach who played for the Iowa Cornets and the New Mexico Energee.
Dates:
1967-1998
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
Welch and Angrick Collection
Collection
Identifier: IWA0095
Abstract
Material relating to the Heart of Hawkeye Council of Campfire Girls, The Woman's Christian Temperance Union, and the Iowa Department of the Woman's Relief Corps.
Dates:
1880-1995
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
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