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Mary Louise Smith papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0027
Abstract

First woman to chair the Republican National Committee, serving from 1974 to 1977. Co-founder of the Louise Noun-Mary Louise Smith Iowa Women's Archives.

Dates: 1925-1997

Maude Esther White papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0196
Abstract

Founder of the Des Moines Tutoring Center, and Iowa's first Affirmative Action administrator from 1973 to 1978.

Dates: 1957-1996

Minnette Doderer papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0008
Abstract State legislator from Iowa City who was first elected to the Iowa House of Representatives in 1964. Arrangement Alphabetical file, 1944-1984 (Boxes 1-30) Campaign files 1966, 1968, 1977-1980 (Box 6) Lieutenant governor campaigns, 1970, 1977-1978 (Box 22-25) 1966-1988 (Box 31) 1986-2000 (Boxes 53-55) Correspondence 1944-1984 (Boxes 10-15) 1972-1990 (Boxes 31-33) 1974, 1978-1992 (Box 45) 1970s-2000 (Boxes 55-56) Personal material 1968-1990 (Boxes 33-35) 1975, 1981-1992 (Boxes 47-48) 1970s-2000 (Box 53) Photographs 1964-1967, 1983-1984 (Box 35) Speeches Speeches and speech material, 1966-1982 (Boxes 28-29) Undated (Box 35) 1968-2000 (Boxes 57-58) Topical files and legislation ...
Dates: 1944-2005

Naomi Schedl papers

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Identifier: IWA0548
Abstract

Artist and professor in the Department of Home Economics at the University of Iowa.

Dates: 1966-2004

Sue M. Reed papers

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Identifier: IWA0130
Abstract

Republican Party activist and officer of Iowa and National Federations of Republican Women, 1950s-1970s.

Dates: 1934-1996

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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League of Women Voters of Iowa 3
Lloyd-Jones, Jean (1929-) 3
Republican Party (Iowa) 3
State University of Iowa 3
American Association for the United Nations 2
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Democratic Party (Iowa) 2
Iowa. General Assembly. House of Representatives 2
National Federation of Republican Women 2
Ray, Robert D. (1928-2018) 2
Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) 2
Adams, Janet (1937-) 1
American Association of University Women 1
Branstad, Terry E. 1
Bush, George, 1924- 1
Daughters of the American Revolution 1
Des Moines Human Rights Commission 1
Des Moines Metro Opera Guild 1
Des Moines Tutoring Center 1
Doderer, Minnette, 1923-2005 1
Drake University 1
Durham, Leona 1
Egenes, Joan Vander Naald, 1936- 1
Ford, Gerald R., 1913-2006 1
Governor Ray's Commission on the Status Of Women (Iowa) 1
Griffin, Edna, 1909-2000 1
Grinnell College 1
Harris, Briana 1
Harris, Larry 1
Houston family 1
Houston, Elvira, 1901-1981 1
Hutchison, Sherry 1
Iowa American Revolution Bicentennial Commission 1
Iowa Civil Rights Commission 1
Iowa Commission on Latino Affairs 1
Iowa Commission on the Status of African-Americans 1
Iowa Council of Republican Women 1
Iowa ERA Coalition 1
Iowa Farmers Union 1
Iowa Parent Teacher Association 1
Iowa. General Assembly. Senate 1
Jackson, Jesse, 1941- 1
John F. Kennedy School of Government 1
Johnson County Regional Planning Commission (Iowa) 1
Kelly, Alberta Metcalf, 1899-1994 1
Knowler, Faith (1911-2002) 1
Lambie, Candace Packard 1
Laurila, Kathleen Wood, 1940- 1
League of United Latin American Citizens. Council 10 (Davenport, Iowa) 1
League of Women Voters (U.S.) 1
League of Women Voters of Johnson County, Iowa 1
League of Women Voters of Metropolitan Des Moines 1
League of Women Voters of Mount Vernon-Lisbon 1
League of Women Voters of Muscatine, Iowa 1
Magers, Jane 1
Martin, Mona Kadel (1934-) 1
Mason, Kären 1
McCormick, Dale 1
Meade, Magdalen (1913-2005) 1
Midwest Gas (Company) 1
National Conference of Christians and Jews 1
National Family Farm Coalition (U.S.) 1
National Farmers' Union (U.S.) 1
Neal, Kathryn M. 1
Neuhauser, Mary C., 1934- 1
Nineteenth Century Club (Iowa City, Iowa) 1
Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994 1
Noun, Louise R. (1908-2002) 1
O'Brien, Denise, 1949- 1
Page, Betty Mae, 1929- 1
Planned Parenthood Federation of America 1
President's Commission for the Observance of the 25th Anniversary of the United Nations 1
Reagan, Ronald 1
Reed, Sue M., 1910-2006 1
Republican National Committee (U.S.) 1
Republican National Committee (U.S.). Women's Division 1
Republican National Convention 1
Republican National Convention (31st : 1976 : Kansas City, Mo.) 1
Rockefeller, Nelson A. (Nelson Aldrich), 1908-1979 1
Rodriguez, Ernest, 1928- 1
Rundquist, Maria, 1951- 1
Schedl, Naomi (1920-2023) 1
Schramm, Dorothy (1909-2006) 1
Skotnes, Andor 1
Smith, Elmer M. 1
Smith, Mary Louise (1914-1997) 1
Spanish Speaking Peoples Commission of Iowa 1
State University of Iowa. Department of Home Economics 1
Synhorst, Melvin 1
Teaford, Jane (1935-) 1
United Nations 1
United Nations Association of the United States of America 1
United Nations Association of the United States of America. Iowa Division 1
United Nations. General Assembly 1
United Nations. Population Commission 1
United States Commission on Civil Rights 1
United States Institute of Peace 1
University of Iowa 1
University of Iowa Daycare Commission 1
University of Iowa. Action Studies Program 1
University of Iowa. Afro-American Studies Program 1
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