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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

Barbara Wommack papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0698
Abstract

Clubwoman and member of the Semper Fidelis Club in Davenport, Iowa.

Dates: 1990-2005

Iowa Federation of Women's Clubs records

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0565
Abstract

Nondenominational and nonpartisan organization bringing Iowa women's clubs together.

Dates: 1853-2006

Iowa Women's Foundation records

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0269
Abstract

Women's organization to fund and assist programs that create opportunities for women and girls in Iowa.

Dates: 1990-2003

Joyce Beisswenger papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0823
Abstract

Social worker and civil rights activist from Osage, Iowa.

Dates: 1906-2005

Louane Newsome papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0213
Abstract

Armed Services librarian during World War II, and University of Iowa professor in the School of Library and Information Science.

Dates: 1938-2004

Maria Cano Martinez papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0537
Abstract

Maria Cano came to Iowa from Guanajuato, Mexico, with her parents in 1928. She established a Spanish language interpreter program at the University of Iowa Hospitals in 1975.

Dates: 1975-2017

Muscatine Migrant Committee records

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0745
Abstract

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

Dates: 1962-2005

Patricia Herring papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0741
Abstract

Feminist, social worker, and advocate for persons with HIV/AIDS.

Dates: 1979-2008

Rape Victim Advocacy Program (RVAP) records

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Identifier: IWA0857
Abstract

Sexual abuse response and advocacy center established in in Iowa City in 1973 to serve located the University of Iowa community and surrounding counties.

Dates: 1971-2010

Ruth Salzmann Becker papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0123
Abstract

Nurse and community activist in Iowa City who, as a young Jewish woman, fled Nazi Germany in 1939 and emigrated to the United States.

Dates: 1858-2012

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

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

Women's Resource and Action Center (WRAC) records

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0151
Abstract

Women's center established in 1970 to serve the university and community.

Dates: 1960-2006

Young Women's Resource Center (Des Moines, Iowa) records

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0048
Abstract

This local organization's goal was to, educate, and empower young women in the Greater Des Moines area through counseling and other programs.

Dates: 1975-2015

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Campbell, Bonnie J., 1948- 1
Cano family 1
Chong, Peggy 1
Christian Children's Fund 1
Displaced Homemakers Network 1
Door Opener (Mason City, Iowa) 1
Frederick County Human Relations Commission (Frederick County, Iowa) 1
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Garrity-Sandage Associates, Inc. 1
General Federation of Women's Clubs 1
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Iowa Federation of Women's Clubs 1
Iowa Governor's Commission on Health Care Costs 1
Iowa Home for Sightless Women (Des Moines, Iowa) 1
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Iowa. Department of Public Health 1
Iowa. General Assembly. House of Representatives 1
Johnson County (Iowa). Department of Public Health 1
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Migrant Action Program (Mason City, Iowa) 1
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Mount Sinai Hospital (New York, N.Y.). School of Nursing 1
Muscatine Migrant Committee 1
National Association of Colored Women's Clubs (U.S.) 1
National Center for Human Development 1
National Committee on United States-China Relations 1
National Organization on Disability (U.S.) 1
Newsome, Louane, 1906-2004 1
Older Women's League (U.S.) 1
Osanka, Frank 1
Patrick, Peggy 1
Penuel Ridge Contemplative Retreat Center (Cheatham County, Tenn.) 1
Rape Victim Advocacy Program (Iowa City, Iowa) 1
Salzmann family 1
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Sandage, Scott 1
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Scarritt College for Christian Workers 1
Semper Fidelis Club (Davenport, Iowa) 1
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Southeast Iowa HIV CARE Consortium 1
State University of Iowa 1
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United States Department of Labor 1
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University of Iowa. College of Nursing 1
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Women Aware, Inc. (Sioux City, Iowa) 1
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Young Women Resource Center (Des Moines, Iowa) 1
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