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Emerson Study Club, Sioux City records
Collection
Identifier: IWA0250
Abstract
Women's study club founded in Sioux City in 1892.
Dates:
1966-1997
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
La Casa Latina (Sioux City, Iowa)
Collection
Identifier: IWA0726
Abstract
Non-profit organization that helped recent Latino immigrants and non-English speakers in the Siouxland area obtain human services, healthcare, housing, and other basic needs.
Dates:
1989 - 2007
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
League of Women Voters, Sioux City records
Collection
Identifier: IWA0229
Scope and Contents
The League of Women Voters of Sioux City records date from 1978 to 1993 and measure 2.5 linear inches. The bulk of the collection consists of newspaper clippings from the Sioux City Journal and the Des Moines Register chronicling local debates in the late 1970s about Sioux City's urban renewal and city government structure. Clippings on how other Iowa cities were handling these issues in their communities are included. The home rule charter folder includes the proposal submitted by the Sioux City Charter Commission to the mayor and city council, which called for re-structuring the city's government; among other things, the new charter would have given more power to the mayor. The proposed charter was hotly debated for several months and defeated in a narrow vote; the League opposed the charter. The urban renewal newspaper clippings describe conflicts over how to maintain a vital business sector, and an investigation into charges that a developer had misused...
Dates:
1978-1993
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
Quota Club (Sioux City, Iowa) records
Collection
Identifier: IWA0342
Abstract
Professional women's service club formed before 1935, which is active in community and world service, with special emphasis on hearing and speech aid.
Dates:
1960-1997
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
Women Aware, Inc. (Sioux City, Iowa) records
Collection
Identifier: IWA0727
Abstract
Women Aware, Inc. is a non-profit organization located in Sioux City, Iowa, which was started in 1979. Its primary focus is on displaced homemakers and single parent homemakers, providing advocacy, education, information, counseling, referral and support.
Dates:
1985-2004
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives