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Aaron Silander papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0525
Abstract

Iowa City feminist and activist.

Dates: 1972-2004

Alma Marie Kouba Kress papers

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Identifier: IWA0405
Abstract

Buchanan County elementary school teacher and clubwoman.

Dates: 1925-2006

Bettie McKenzie papers

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Identifier: IWA0136
Abstract

Community activist from Red Oak, Iowa.

Dates: 1870-2005

Claudine Harris papers

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Identifier: IWA0446
Abstract

Harris worked in radiation detection instrumentation. She was active in the Johnson County League of Women Voters and the Johnson County Alliance for the Mentally Ill.

Dates: 1903 - 2022

Donna Schmidt papers

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Identifier: IWA0856
Abstract

University of Iowa nurse who farmed with her husband in Johnson County, Iowa

Dates: 1938-2010

Edith Edmund Johnson papers

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Identifier: IWA0740
Abstract

Longstanding member of Fairfield, Iowa clubs including the Fancy Work Circle and the Good Cheer Society.

Dates: 1922-2005

Gladys Homan papers

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Identifier: IWA0261
Abstract

Extensive correspondence of Corning, Iowa farm wife and club woman.

Dates: 1871-2004

International Women's Club records

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Identifier: IWA0798
Abstract

Iowa City group promoting friendship and understanding among women from around the world and the United States of America.

Dates: 1959-2000

Janette Ryan-Busch papers

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Identifier: IWA0675
Abstract

Organic farmer and activist from Johnson County, Iowa.

Dates: 1989-2006

Jean Huffey papers

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Identifier: IWA0303
Abstract

Elementary schoolteacher and substitute teacher; active in PFLAG and groups promoting LGBTQ inclusion within the Lutheran Church.

Dates: 1977-2019

Joan Lipsky papers

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Identifier: IWA0071
Abstract

Iowa legislator and community activist from Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

Dates: 1880-2015

Louane Newsome papers

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Identifier: IWA0213
Abstract

Armed Services librarian during World War II, and University of Iowa professor in the School of Library and Information Science.

Dates: 1938-2004

Margaret McCollum papers

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Identifier: IWA0143
Abstract

Des Moines resident who was a leader in women's organizations including American Mother's Inc., PTA and AAUW.

Dates: 1942-2008

National Association of Women in Construction, Cedar Rapids-Iowa City Chapter records

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0372
Abstract

The local chapter gives scholarships to students interested in construction careers, sponsors an annual golf outing and provides social networking opportunities for women who work in construction.

Dates: 1978-2005

Proteus Club (Des Moines) records

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Identifier: IWA0096
Abstract

Women's study club organized in 1896 by college graduates for their intellectual improvement.

Dates: 1896 - 2024

Shirley M. Sandage papers

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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

Theristriai Club (Marion, Iowa) records

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Identifier: IWA0571
Abstract

Marion, Iowa, study club that was founded in 1867.

Dates: 1871-2011

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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Garrity, Margaret 1
Garrity-Sandage Associates, Inc. 1
Good Cheer Society (Fairfield, Iowa) 1
Happy Hour Club (Buchanan County, Iowa) 1
Harris, Claudine (1926-2022) 1
Hill, Willow, 1945- 1
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Homan, Charles Foote, 1897-1988 1
Homan, Delmar Charles, 1927- 1
Homan, Gladys, 1899-1996 1
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International Wives Club (Iowa City, Iowa) 1
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Iowa Governor's Commission on Health Care Costs 1
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Johnson, Edith Edmund, 1893- 1
Kress, Alma Marie Kouba, 1908-2006 1
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League of Women Voters of Johnson County, Iowa 1
Lipsky, Joan (1919-2015) 1
Lutheran Church Women's Quilting Club (Fairfield, Iowa) 1
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Migrant Action Program (Mason City, Iowa) 1
National Alliance for the Mentally Ill (U.S.) 1
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National Association of Women in Construction. Cedar Rapids-Iowa City Chapter 1
National Center for Human Development 1
National Committee on United States-China Relations 1
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Proteus Club (Des Moines, Iowa) 1
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