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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

May Tangen papers

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: IWA0895
Abstract

University of Iowa librarian who moved to Mississippi during the Civil Rights Movement.



Arrangement

Three folders, shelved in SCVF.

Dates: 1961-1982

Muscatine Migrant Committee records

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0745
Abstract

Migrant agency that advocated for agricultural laborers employed temporarily on eastern Iowa farms.

Dates: 1962-2005

National Organization for Women, Dubuque Chapter records

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0223
Abstract

The group was formed in 1973. The purpose of the group was to improve and expand the role of women in society and it supported the Equal Rights Amendment, safe and legal abortion among other issues.

Dates: 1973-1995

Polly Ely papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0829
Abstract

Peace and civil rights activist who was a longtime member of Peoples Church Unitarian Universalist in Cedar Rapids.

Dates: 1937-2008

Ruth Scharnau papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0224
Abstract

Teacher and community activist who was a founding member of the Dubuque National Organization for Women.

Dates: 1970-2017

Shirley M. Sandage papers

 Collection
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

Sondra Smith papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0874
Abstract

Iowa Memorial Union catering manager and women's rights activist.

Dates: 1965-2010

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American Association for the United Nations 1
Anderson, Margaret, 1928- 1
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Beck, Robert Knowlton, 1915- 1
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Beisswenger, Don 1
Beisswenger, Joyce, 1930-2002 1
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Chavez, Cesar, 1927-1993 1
Christian Children's Fund 1
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Displaced Homemakers Network 1
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Ely, Polly, 1920-2008 1
Estes, Simon 1
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Garrity-Sandage Associates, Inc. 1
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Grant, Christine (1936-2021) 1
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Griffin, Phyllis 1
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Jensen, Ben F. 1
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Katz Drug Store (Des Moines, Iowa) 1
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League of United Latin American Citizens 1
League of Women Voters of Johnson County, Iowa 1
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Lemme, Helen 1
Lloyd-Jones, Jean (1929-) 1
March For Women's Lives. Iowa Delegation 1
Mason, Kären 1
McCowen, Jennie, 1845-1924 1
Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.) 1
Midwest Gas (Company) 1
Migrant Action Program (Mason City, Iowa) 1
Missouri River Wildlife Association 1
Mount Holyoke College 1
Muscatine Migrant Committee 1
Nash, Martha, 1925-2000 1
National Center for Human Development 1
National Committee on United States-China Relations 1
National Conference of Christians and Jews 1
National Council of Catholic Women (U.S.) 1
National Federation of Republican Women 1
National Organization for Women 1
National Organization for Women. Iowa 1
National Organization on Disability (U.S.) 1
National Women's Political Caucus (U.S.) 1
Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994 1
Noun, Louise R. (1908-2002) 1
Older Women's League (U.S.) 1
Parents & Friends of Lesbians and Gays 1
Penuel Ridge Contemplative Retreat Center (Cheatham County, Tenn.) 1
Planned Parenthood Federation of America 1
President's Commission for the Observance of the 25th Anniversary of the United Nations 1
Progressive Party (U.S. : 1948) 1
Putnam Museum 1
Putnam, Mary Louise Duncan, 1832-1903 1
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