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Adelia M. Hoyt papers

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: IWA0844
Abstract

Photos and a memoir written by a blind woman who helped establish the Iowa Home for Sightless Women in Des Moines.

Dates: 1915-2011

Chauncey Depew Club records

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0725
Abstract

Des Moines women's club formed in 1897 to promote efficiency in extemporaneous speaking.

Dates: 1913-2005

League of Women Voters, Metropolitan Des Moines records

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0243
Abstract

This non-partisan group studied and acted upon the many local issues including the following: the council-manager form of city government, home rule for local and county government, reapportionment of legislative districts of the Iowa General Assembly, desegregation and integration of Des Moines public schools, and the need for affordable housing in the community.

Dates: 1936-1995

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 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

National Association of Women in Construction, Des Moines Chapter scrapbook

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0644
Abstract

Organization to provide a forum for women in the construction industry to meet and exchange ideas.



Arrangement

One scrapbook, shelved in Box 1, oversize.

Dates: 1961-1964

Professional Women's League (Des Moines, Iowa) records

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0110
Abstract

Women's club founded in Des Moines in January 1900.

Dates: 1903-2000

Proteus Club (Des Moines) records

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0096
Abstract

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

Dates: 1896 - 2024

Sioux County Women's Chorus (Iowa) records

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: IWA0363
Abstract

Choral group that was invited to represent Iowa at the New York World's Fair in 1939.



Arrangement

One folder, shelved in SCVF.

Dates: 1938-1955

Woman's Christian Temperance Union of Iowa records

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0751
Abstract

Organization dedicated to legislative and educational efforts to prevent juvenile delinquency and support woman's suffrage.

Dates: 1874-2006

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

YWCA of Greater Des Moines records

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0167
Abstract

The records are arranged in eight series: Administrative records, Financial records, Publicity, Branches and clubs, Photographs, Scrapbooks, Artifacts, and 1998 Accession.

Dates: 1885-1995

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Young Women's Christian Association of the U.S.A. 2
American Association for the United Nations 1
Aurora Reading Club of Pittsburgh (Pa.) 1
Benedict Home (Des Moines, Iowa) 1
Bush, George, 1924- 1
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Chauncey Depew Club (Des Moines, Iowa) 1
Chong, Peggy 1
Des Moines Human Rights Commission 1
Drake University 1
Ford, Gerald R., 1913-2006 1
Griffin, Edna, 1909-2000 1
Hoyt, Adelia M., 1865- 1
Hutchison, Sherry 1
Iowa ERA Coalition 1
Iowa Home for Sightless Women (Des Moines, Iowa) 1
Iowa State Fair 1
League of Women Voters of Metropolitan Des Moines 1
Loyal Temperance League 1
Magers, Jane 1
Mount Ararat Baptist Church (Pittsburgh, Pa.) 1
National Association of Women in Construction. Des Moines Chapter 1
National Conference of Christians and Jews 1
National Federation of Republican Women 1
New York World's Fair (1939-1940 : New York, N.Y.) 1
Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994 1
Noun, Louise R. (1908-2002) 1
Planned Parenthood Federation of America 1
President's Commission for the Observance of the 25th Anniversary of the United Nations 1
Professional Women's League (Des Moines, Iowa) 1
Proteus Club (Des Moines, Iowa) 1
Ray, Robert D. (1928-2018) 1
Reagan, Ronald 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
Republican Party (Iowa) 1
Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) 1
Rockefeller, Nelson A. (Nelson Aldrich), 1908-1979 1
Sioux County Women's Chorus (Iowa) 1
Smith, Elmer M. 1
Smith, Mary Louise (1914-1997) 1
State University of Iowa 1
Total Abstinence Union (Denison, Iowa) 1
United Nations Association of the United States of America. Iowa Division 1
United Nations. Population Commission 1
United States Commission on Civil Rights 1
United States Institute of Peace 1
University of Iowa. Libraries. Iowa Women's Archives 1
Walton, Gertrude 1
Willard, Frances E. (Frances Elizabeth), 1839-1898 1
Woman's Christian Temperance Union of Iowa 1
Women's International League for Peace And Freedom. Des Moines Branch 1
Wood, Mary Elizabeth, 1902- 1
YWCA of Greater Des Moines 1
Young Women's Christian Association of Buffalo (N.Y.) 1
Young Women's Christian Association of Philadelphia (Pa.) 1
Young Women's Christian Association of Pittsburgh (Pa.) 1
Young Women's Christian Association of the U.S.A.. Blue Triangle Branch 1
Youth Temperance Council of Iowa 1
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