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Beverly Everett papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0148
Abstract

Family farmer, volunteer, and community activist who served on U.S. National Commission for UNESCO and the International Women's Year Commission.

Dates: 1856-2001

Church Women United in Iowa records

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0003
Abstract

Ecumenical organization.

Dates: 1933-2018

Denise O'Brien papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0156
Abstract

Organic farmer and political activist who served as president of National Family Farm Coalition.

Dates: 1964-2007

Dorothy Paul papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0349
Abstract

Iowa City peace activist and educator who was executive director of the UNA-USA Iowa Division from 1976 to 1996.

Dates: 1955-2014

Dorothy Schramm papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0183
Abstract

Human rights advocate from Burlington, Iowa who was active in local and international issues, particularly UNA-USA and the League of Women Voters.

Dates: 1938-2006

Elizabeth Lindsay Tatum papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0824
Abstract

Peace activist and Quaker who lived in Southern Rhodesia from 1960 to 1964.

Dates: 1900-2006

Iowa Peace Links records

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0625
Abstract

Newsletters of pacifist group Peace Links, based in the Northwest Iowa towns of Paullina and Primghar.

Dates: 1985

Jean Lloyd-Jones papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0066
Abstract

State legislator from Iowa City and president of the Iowa Peace Institute.

Dates: 1964-2014

Kathryn W. Hansen

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0859
Abstract

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

Dates: 1959-2012

Lois Laughlin papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0184
Abstract

Papers of an activist from West Branch, Iowa, include correspondence and newspaper clippings relating to her husband's status as a conscientious objector.

Dates: 1939-2007

Marilyn Sippy papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0680
Abstract

Peace activist and volunteer from Marion, Iowa, who was active in UNICEF for over thirty years.

Dates: 1955-2004

Marion Carson papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0132
Abstract

Graduate of Ministry at the University of Dubuque Theological Seminary, where she was the first Unitarian Universalist student.

Dates: 1960-2004

Peg Mullen papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0082
Abstract

Anti-Vietnam War activist whose son, Michael, was killed by 'friendly fire' in Vietnam in 1970.



Arrangement

Copies of the hardcover and paperback versions of "Friendly Fire" and a hardcover copy of "Unfriendly Fire: A Mother's Memoir" are shelved in the printed works collection.

Dates: 1966-2010

Polly Ely papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0829
Abstract

Peace and civil rights activist who was a longtime member of Peoples Church Unitarian Universalist in Cedar Rapids.

Dates: 1937-2008

Ruth Scharnau papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0224
Abstract

Teacher and community activist who was a founding member of the Dubuque National Organization for Women.

Dates: 1970-2017

Sally Wiesenfeld papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0478
Abstract

Peace activist and member of Another Mother for Peace which was organized to protest the Vietnam War during the 1970s.

Dates: 1969-2001

Sister Gwen Hennessey papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0491
Abstract

Franciscan nun sentanced to six months in federal prison for trespassing at Fort Benning, Georgia.

Dates: 2000-2005

Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (Des Moines Chapter) records

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0240
Abstract

Members of the Des Moines chapter of WILPF studied government policy on nuclear testing, the draft , the war in Vietnam, and the arms race.  They held informational rallies and demonstrations and maintained a vigorous letter-writing campaign.

Dates: 1962-2008

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United Nations Association of the United States of America. Iowa Division 4
United Nations Association of the United States of America 3
Iowa State University 2
League of Women Voters of Iowa 2
Mullen, Peg, 1917-2009 2
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United Nations 2
University of Iowa 2
World Conference on Women 2
Alfred University 1
American Association for the United Nations 1
American Association of University Women 1
American Friends Service Committee 1
Another Mother for Peace (Association) 1
Anothor Mother for Peace (Association). Northeastern Iowa Chapter 1
Arizona State University 1
Camp Fire Girls. Iowana Council 1
Carson, Marion, 1927- 1
Cedar Rapids Civil Rights Commission 1
Church Women United in Iowa 1
Cullen, Bill, 1920-1990 1
Dubuque Human Rights Commission (Dubuque, Iowa) 1
Ely, Polly, 1920-2008 1
Everett family 1
Everett, Beverly, 1926-2001 1
Global Cedar Rapids (Organization) 1
Griffin, Edna, 1909-2000 1
Grinnell College 1
Hansen, Kathryn W. 1
Harris, Briana 1
Harris, Larry 1
Hennessey, Dorothy Marie 1
Hennessey, Gwen, Sister, 1932-2008 1
Iowa Civil Rights Commission 1
Iowa Farmers Union 1
Iowa Peace Institute 1
Iowa Peace Links 1
Iowa Women's Hall of Fame 1
Laughlin, Don, 1922- 1
Laughlin, Lois, 1925-2008 1
League of Women Voters (U.S.) 1
Lloyd-Jones, Jean, 1929- 1
Magers, Jane 1
Mount Holyoke College 1
Mullen family 1
Mullen, Michael Eugene, 1944-1970 1
National Family Farm Coalition (U.S.) 1
National Farmers' Union (U.S.) 1
National Organization for Women. Dubuque Chapter 1
National Women's Conference (1st : 1977 : Houston, Tex.) 1
Northwest Iowa Peace Links 1
Northwestern College (Orange City, Iowa) 1
O'Brien, Denise, 1949- 1
Parents & Friends of Lesbians and Gays 1
Paul, Dorothy, 1927- 1
Peace Corps (U.S.) 1
Peace Inquiry and Action Group (Cedar Rapids, Iowa) 1
Scharnau, Ruth, 1933- 1
Schramm, Dorothy 1
Sippy, Marilyn, 1935- 1
Tatum, Elizabeth Lindsay, 1920-1964 1
Tatum, Elmer 1
Tatum, Lyle E. 1
Tatum, Steven 1
U.S. Army School of the Americas 1
U.S. National Commission for UNESCO 1
UNICEF 1
Unitarian Universalist Association 1
Unitarian Universalist Peoples Church of Cedar Rapids (Iowa) 1
United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (1992 : Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) 1
United Nations Decade for Women Conference (1985 : Nairobi, Kenya) 1
United Nations. General Assembly 1
United States. President's Commission on the Status of Women 1
University of Dubuque. Theological Seminary 1
University of Iowa. Center for Human Rights 1
Western Hemisphere Institute on Security Cooperation (U.S.) 1
Wiesenfeld, Sally, 1924- 1
Women's International League for Peace And Freedom. Des Moines Branch 1
Young, Elizabeth, 1910-1999 1
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