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A Political Dialogue: Iowa's Women Legislators oral histories

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0089
Abstract

Interviews with Iowa women legislators conducted by Suzanne O'Dea Schenken.

Dates: 1988-1993

Alberta Metcalf Kelly papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0176
Abstract

High school English teacher who was active in state and national Democratic Party politics during the 1950s and 1960s.

Dates: 1899-1994

Anna Cochrane Lomas papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0053
Abstract

Republican National Committeewoman in the 1950s and 1960s from Red Oak, Iowa.

Dates: 1917-1991

Barbara Fassbinder papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0410
Abstract

Rural nurse who contracted AIDS on the job and became a national spokeswoman for occupational safety.

Dates: 1958-1998

Betty Jean Clark papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0153
Abstract

Iowa legislator from 1976 to 1990.

Dates: 1935-1994

Betty Jean Furgerson papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0111
Abstract

Teacher, social worker, human rights commission director, and university regent from Waterloo.

Dates: 1921-2010

Betty Mae Page papers

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: IWA0281
Abstract

Waterloo, Iowa resident who served on Governor Ray's Commission on the Status of Women.



Arrangement

One folder, shelved in SCVF.

Dates: 1969-1996

Beverly A. Hannon papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0065
Abstract

Two-term Iowa state senator. Hannon chaired the Human Resources Committee and was instrumental in founding the Iowa Women's Foundation in Iowa City.

Dates: 1968-2015

Black Hawk County Democratic Women's Organization (Iowa) records

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0545
Abstract

The group formed in 1956 to help elect Democratic candidates.

Dates: 1956-1977

Black Hawk County Women's Political Caucus records

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0734
Abstract

Organized in 1973, members supported a number of feminist initiatives including economic equalty and the ERA.

Dates: 1973-1980

Bonnie J. Campbell papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0368
Abstract

Chair of Iowa's Democratic Party from 1987 to 1991 and first woman to serve as Iowa's Attorney General from 1990 until 1994.

Dates: 1992-1999

Campaign to Add Women to the Iowa Constitution records

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0400
Abstract

Organization formed to work for passage of Iowa state ERA.

Dates: 1978-1998

Candace Packard Lambie papers

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: IWA0267
Abstract

Officer in local and state chapters of the League of Women Voters and Daughters of the American Revolution.



Arrangement

One folder, shelved in SCVF.

Dates: 1959-1991

Carolyn "Kay" Bucksbaum papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0591
Abstract

Civic activist involved in the Jewish community, the Des Moines symphony, the League of Women Voters, and the Proteus Club.

Dates: 1949-1998

Carolyn Pendray papers

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: IWA1150
Abstract

First woman elected to the Iowa General Assembly, representing Jackson County in both the Iowa House of Representatives and the Iowa Senate.

Dates: 1932

Cecile Cooper papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0006
Abstract

Civil rights worker in Davenport.

Dates: 1964-1998

Charlene Conklin papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0004
Abstract

Member of the Iowa House of Representatives,1967 to 1969, and the Iowa Senate, 1969 to 1973.

Dates: 1954-1981

Christine Grant papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0329
Abstract

Sports administrator, professor, and gender equity activist.

Dates: 1952-2022

Church Women United in Iowa records

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0003
Abstract

Ecumenical organization.

Dates: 1933-2018

Clinton County Women's Political Caucus records

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0556
Abstract

Local branch of the Iowa Women's Political Caucus.

Dates: 1973-1977

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Archives (groupings) 121
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Women in public life 30
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Women's rights 28
Des Moines (Iowa) 27
Women -- Societies and clubs 25
Equal rights amendments 22
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Iowa City (Iowa) 17
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1961-1970 9
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African American women -- Iowa 9
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Names
Democratic Party (Iowa) 19
Iowa. General Assembly. House of Representatives 18
Republican Party (Iowa) 18
Iowa. General Assembly. Senate 12
League of Women Voters of Iowa 8
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University of Iowa 7
Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) 6
State University of Iowa 6
Iowa Women's Political Caucus 5
Iowa Commission on the Status of Women 4
O'Dea, Suzanne, 1950- 4
Republican National Committee (U.S.) 4
Grinnell College 3
Hammond, Johnie (1932-) 3
Iowa. General Assembly 3
Lloyd-Jones, Jean (1929-) 3
National Organization for Women. Iowa 3
National Women's Political Caucus (U.S.) 3
Ray, Robert D. (1928-2018) 3
Smith, Mary Louise (1914-1997) 3
Teaford, Jane (1935-) 3
Adams, Janet (1937-) 2
American Association for the United Nations 2
American Association of University Women 2
Anderson, Margaret, 1928- 2
Branstad, Terry E. 2
Chapman, Kathleen "Kay" Halloran (1937-) 2
Clark, Betty Jean, 1920-2005 2
Cohen, Gertrude (1913-2016) 2
Conklin, Charlene, 1929-2022 2
Conlin, Roxanne Barton, 1944- 2
Des Moines Art Center 2
Doderer, Minnette, 1923-2005 2
Drake University 2
Governor Ray's Commission on the Status Of Women (Iowa) 2
Grefe, Mary 2
Griffin, Edna, 1909-2000 2
Gruhn, Josephine, 1927-2015 2
Hannon, Beverly A., 1932- 2
Harper, Patricia (1932-) 2
Iowa ERA Coalition 2
Iowa Suffrage Memorial Commission 2
Larsen, Sonja, 1941- 2
League of Women Voters (Des Moines, Iowa) 2
Lipsky, Joan (1919-2015) 2
Martin, Mona Kadel (1934-) 2
Metcalf, Janet, 1935- 2
Miller, Elizabeth R. (Elizabeth Ruby), 1905-1988 2
National Organization for Women 2
National Organization for Women. Dubuque Chapter 2
National Organization for Women. Johnson County-Iowa City Chapter 2
Neuhauser, Mary C., 1934- 2
Noun, Louise R. (1908-2002) 2
Older Women's League (U.S.) 2
Orr, Joann, 1923-2017 2
Republican National Convention 2
Shivvers, Vera, 1897-1990 2
Torrence Laughlin, Janis, 1926-2014 (1926-2014) 2
University of Iowa. Libraries. Iowa Women's Archives 2
Zastrow, Katherine Mull Falvey, 1904-1997 2
Algona High School (Algona, Iowa) 1
American Patients Association 1
Anderson, Helen 1
Anderson, Ruth Bluford, 1921-2013 1
Association of Trial Lawyers of America 1
Association of Trial Lawyers of Iowa 1
Attlee, C. R. (Clement Richard), 1883-1967 1
Attlee, Felicity 1
Attlee, Martin 1
Attlee, Violet 1
Baxter, Elaine (1933-2021) 1
Beatty, Linda, 1942- 1
Becker, Ruth Salzmann, 1922-2007 (1922-2007) 1
Becker, Virginia (1918-2009) 1
Benedict Home (Des Moines, Iowa) 1
Berg, Orville 1
Black Hawk County Democratic Women's Organization (Iowa) 1
Black Hawk County Women's Political Caucus (Iowa) 1
Bloom, Amy 1
Bock, Lena Belle, 1904-2007 1
Boyd, Nancy Shimanek, 1947- 1
Brain family 1
Brandt, Diane, 1938- 1
Bridenstine, Jeanne (1923-2019) 1
Brigance, Linda 1
Brown, Paula Watts, 1909-1974 1
Brown, Ralph 1
Bucksbaum, Carolyn, 1929- 1
Buhr, Florence, 1933- 1
Burleson, Jane, 1928- 1
Bush, George, 1924- 1
Campaign to Add Women to the Iowa Constitution 1
Campbell, Bonnie J., 1948- 1
Carl, Janet (1948-) 1
Carpenter, Dorothy, 1933-2011 1
Carter, Lucille Ketchum, 1913- 1
Catholic Interracial Council (Davenport, Iowa) 1
Center for the American Woman and Politics (Eagleton Institute of Politics) 1
Chicago Housing Authority 1
Christian Children's Fund 1
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