Skip to main content Skip to search results

Showing Collections: 281 - 300 of 443

Marion Maresh papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0642
Abstract

Physician who graduated from the State University of Iowa in 1932 and became a world authority on physical growth and maturation.

Dates: 1932-1966

Marjorie Elizabeth Lyford papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0051
Abstract

Public health and visiting nurse who later taught at the University of Iowa College of Nursing.

Dates: 1865-2002

Marjorie Jean Bertalot Block papers

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: IWA0385
Abstract

My Story describes Block's training as a nurse, family life, her employment off and on the farm, and her activities in Benton County, Iowa.



Arrangement

One folder, shelved in SCVF.

Dates: 1942-1998

Marjorie Mason papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0376
Abstract

Teacher, newspaper columnist and poet from Sioux City, Iowa.

Dates: 1960-1995

Marlene Booth Papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0447
Abstract

Jewish independent filmmaker raised in Des Moines, Iowa.

Dates: 1951- 2009

Marta Werner papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0361
Abstract

Native of Mexico who came to Fort Madison, Iowa in 1914. Her community activism centered on the Iowa State Penitentiary in Fort Madison.

Dates: 1892-1989

Martha Eimen papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0218
Abstract

Nurse who worked for the Public Health Service and the United Nations in Italy and the Middle East, 1945-1948.

Dates: 1945-1995

Martha Jean Nicholson Browneller papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0804
Abstract

Mahaska County, Iowa, farm woman who was active in 4-H and rural organizations. She recorded her daily activities in her diaries between 1935 and 1973.

Dates: 1920-2010

Martha Nash papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0235
Abstract

Civil rights activist, community and religious leader, she was executive director of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Center for Education and Vocational Training in Waterloo.

Dates: 1939-2000

Martha Wahl papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0090
Abstract

Mathematician and teacher who patented educational toys for teaching mathematics to children.

Dates: 1919-1999

Mary Berg papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0541
Abstract

Pharmacist and professor at The University of Iowa College of Pharmacy.

Dates: 1911-2004

Mary Beth Hurt papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0785
Abstract

Award-winning actress of the stage and screen from Marshalltown, Iowa, who made her film debut in Woody Allen's Interior's.

Dates: 1948-2008

Mary C. Neuhauser papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0455
Abstract

Democrat who served four terms in the Iowa House and one four-year term in the Senate (1986-1998).

Dates: 1968-1999

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 Ellen Moore papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0651
Abstract

High school English teacher from Iowa City.

Dates: 1933-1997

Mary Frances Reger-Wilkinson papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0501
Abstract

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

Dates: 1942-2002

Mary Grefe papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0186
Abstract

Educator, social activist, politician and businesswoman who was inducted into the Iowa Women's Hall of Fame in 1980.

Dates: 1943-1997

Mary Henrietta Peters papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0908
Abstract

Resident of Illyria Township near Wadena, Iowa, who recorded her daily activities from 1891 until her death in 1931.



Arrangement

The Iowa Women's Archives gratefully acknowledges the transcription of the diaries by Dr. Lisa Guinn, a visiting assistant professor at Bethany College in Lindsborg, Kansas, and Rio Farren, an undergraduate history major at Upper Iowa University. They completed the transcription in 2014.

Dates: 1891-1934

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

Mary Johnston Elson papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0730
Abstract

Iowa teacher from Jefferson County who taught in rural schools for forty-four years and was active in the Iowa Federation of Women's Clubs.

Dates: 1928-2004

Filtered By

  • Subject: 20th century X
  • Subject: Photographs X

Filter Results

Additional filters:

Repository
Iowa Women's Archives 408
University of Iowa Special Collections 33
University of Iowa Archives 2
 
Subject
20th century 440
Photographs 439
Archives (groupings) 421
Personal papers 326
2001-2010 164
∨ more
Scrapbooks 150
Correspondence 120
Cultural artifacts 110
Iowa City (Iowa) 104
Diaries 98
Oral histories 92
Families 90
Sound recordings 83
Rural women 78
Women in agriculture 77
Speeches 71
College students 70
Teachers 69
Women -- Societies and clubs 69
Administrative records 67
Video recordings 67
Iowa 64
Memoirs 64
Women -- Political activity 58
Autobiographies 57
Des Moines (Iowa) 56
Teaching 56
Women lawyers 48
Farm life 46
Homemakers 44
Photograph albums 44
Yearbooks 44
World War, 1939-1945 43
Clubs 41
College teachers 41
Women in education 41
Farmers 40
Slides (photographs) 37
Women and War 36
Authors 34
Women 33
Women in public life 33
Rural families 32
Voyages and travels 30
Women -- 19th century 29
African American women -- Iowa 28
Community activists 28
Women in higher education 28
Social participation 27
Volunteers 26
High school students 25
Journalists 25
African American women 24
Nurses 24
Political campaigns 24
Political participation 21
Davenport (Iowa) 20
Legislators 20
Nursing -- Study and teaching (Associate degree) 20
Nursing -- Study and teaching (Graduate) 20
Women in charitable work 20
Rural girls 19
World War, 1939-1945 -- Women 19
Clippings (information artifacts) 18
Community organization 18
Hispanic American families 18
Hispanic American women 18
Women in journalism 18
Women in medicine 18
2011-2020 17
Drawings (visual works) 17
Family papers 17
Political activists 17
Posters 17
Artists 16
English literature 16
Pacifism 16
Sports for girls 16
Sports for women 16
Waterloo (Iowa) 16
Women in community organization 16
American literature 15
Peace 15
4-H clubs 14
Autograph albums 14
Immigrant families 14
Marriage 14
Mexican American women 14
Social workers 14
Soldiers 14
Women's rights 14
Working class women 14
Cedar Rapids (Iowa) 13
Immigrants 13
Motion pictures 13
Nursing 13
Postcards 13
Volunteer workers in social service 13
Women in church work 13
Women in nonprofit organizations 13
+ ∧ less
 
Language
Dutch; Flemish 1
German 1
 
Names
State University of Iowa 46
University of Iowa 28
Republican Party (Iowa) 11
Democratic Party (Iowa) 10
Iowa. General Assembly. House of Representatives 9
∨ more
Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) 9
Grinnell College 7
Iowa State Teachers College 6
League of Women Voters of Iowa 6
Mason, Kären 6
American Association of University Women 5
American National Red Cross 5
Iowa State College 5
Iowa. General Assembly. Senate 5
University of Iowa. College of Nursing 5
City High School (Iowa City, Iowa) 4
General Federation of Women's Clubs 4
Lloyd-Jones, Jean (1929-) 4
Shrauger, Cornelia Prentiss, 1896-1985 4
State University of Iowa. Department of Home Economics 4
United States. Naval Reserve. Women's Reserve 4
University High School (Iowa City, Iowa) 4
University of Iowa. Hospitals and Clinics 4
University of Iowa. Libraries. Iowa Women's Archives 4
White family 4
Drake University 3
Ellsworth Community College (Iowa Falls, Iowa) 3
Iowa State University 3
Iowa Women's Hall of Fame 3
Jones, Virginia Shrauger, 1921- 3
Keyes, Margaret N., 1918-2015 3
League of United Latin American Citizens. Council 10 (Davenport, Iowa) 3
League of Women Voters of Johnson County, Iowa 3
Republican National Committee (U.S.) 3
United Nations 3
United Nations Association of the United States of America 3
United Nations Association of the United States of America. Iowa Division 3
University of Iowa. Department of Physical Education for Women 3
University of Wisconsin 3
Young Women's Christian Association of the U.S.A. 3
American Association for the United Nations 2
Atlantic High School (Atlantic, Iowa) 2
Blanchard, Ruth 2
Blanchard, Thomas 2
Bourret, Joan Liffring-Zug (1929-2022) 2
Coe College 2
Conlin, Roxanne Barton, 1944- 2
Daughters of the American Revolution 2
Davis, Aldeen 2
Day, Cornelia, 1919-2004 2
Ellsworth family 2
Engle, Paul, 1908-1991 2
Everett family 2
Everett, Beverly, 1926-2001 2
Fox, Margaret, 1912-2010 2
Furgerson, Betty Jean, 1927- 2
Gerber, John C. 2
Girl Scouts of the United States of America 2
Grefe, Mary 2
Griffin, Edna, 1909-2000 2
International Wives Club (Iowa City, Iowa) 2
Iowa Civil Liberties Union 2
Iowa Civil Rights Commission 2
Iowa Commission on the Status of Women 2
Iowa Falls High School (Iowa Falls, Iowa) 2
Iowa League for Nursing 2
Iowa Nurses' Association 2
Iowa Porkettes 2
League of United Latin American Citizens 2
League of Women Voters (Des Moines, Iowa) 2
Monroe Busy Bees (4-H Club : Mahaska County, Iowa) 2
Moore, Mary Ellen, 1919-1998 2
Muehl, Lois Baker 2
Mullen, Peg, 1917-2009 2
Muscatine Migrant Committee 2
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People 2
National Federation of Republican Women 2
National Women's Conference (1st : 1977 : Houston, Tex.) 2
Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994 2
Noun, Louise R. (1908-2002) 2
O'Dea, Suzanne, 1950- 2
Older Women's League (U.S.) 2
Pennsylvania State University 2
Planned Parenthood Federation of America 2
Prentiss family 2
Progressive Party (U.S. : 1948) 2
Shrauger family 2
Shrauger, Harold, Sr. 2
Smith, Mary Louise (1914-1997) 2
State University of Iowa. School of Nursing 2
United Service Organizations (U.S.) 2
United States. Army. Women's Army Corps 2
United States. Army 2
University of Chicago 2
University of Colorado Boulder 2
University of Iowa. College of Pharmacy 2
University of Iowa. Department of Home Economics 2
University of Iowa. Women's Resource and Action Center 2
University of Minnesota 2
White, Stanley V., 1901- 2
+ ∧ less