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Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (Des Moines Chapter) records

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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

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Photographs 19
Personal papers 15
2001-2010 11
Cultural artifacts 11
Iowa 11
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Speeches 9
Sound recordings 8
Des Moines (Iowa) 7
Women -- Societies and clubs 7
Administrative records 6
Legislators 6
Political campaigns 6
Political participation 6
Video recordings 6
Women in public life 5
Correspondence 4
Diaries 4
Oral histories 4
Pacifism 4
Politicians 4
Teachers 4
Community education 3
Equal rights amendments 3
Families 3
Local government 3
Peace 3
Social reformers 3
Yearbooks 3
Abortion 2
Autobiographies 2
Civil rights 2
Feminists 2
Iowa City (Iowa) 2
Jasper County (Iowa) 2
Jewish women -- Iowa 2
Legislation 2
Memoirs 2
Newton (Iowa) 2
Pacifists 2
Photograph albums 2
Political activists 2
Political candidates 2
Posters 2
Teaching 2
Volunteers 2
Washington (D.C.) 2
Women -- Suffrage -- Iowa 2
Women's rights 2
1961-1970 1
1971-1980 1
1981-1990 1
Aging 1
Air quality 1
Albuquerque (N.M.) 1
Alta (Iowa) 1
Antinuclear movement 1
Arms race 1
Art patrons 1
Autograph albums 1
Awards 1
Banks and banking 1
Bedford (Iowa) 1
Bisexuals 1
Black Hawk County (Iowa) 1
Campaign funds 1
Charles City (Iowa) 1
Chicago (Ill.) 1
China 1
Christmas cards 1
City council members 1
Community activists 1
Community life 1
Community organization 1
County officials and employees 1
Davenport (Iowa) 1
Discrimination in banking 1
Discrimination in insurance 1
Discrimination in mortgage loans 1
Drug abuse 1
Ecumenical movement 1
Elections 1
Equality before the law 1
Federal government 1
Feminism 1
Gays 1
Girl Scouts 1
Hazardous wastes 1
High school teachers 1
Hispanic American families 1
Hispanic American women 1
Homemakers 1
Indianola (Iowa) 1
Inheritance and succession 1
Interviewing on television 1
Jewish women 1
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Names
Republican Party (Iowa) 5
State University of Iowa 4
Democratic Party (Iowa) 2
Iowa. General Assembly. House of Representatives 2
Iowa. General Assembly. Senate 2
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Noun, Louise R. (1908-2002) 2
Republican National Committee (U.S.) 2
Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) 2
Smith, Mary Louise (1914-1997) 2
University of Iowa. Libraries. Iowa Women's Archives 2
Algona High School (Algona, Iowa) 1
American Association for the United Nations 1
American Association of University Women 1
Benedict Home (Des Moines, Iowa) 1
Brain family 1
Bridenstine, Jeanne (1923-2019) 1
Brigance, Linda 1
Bush, George, 1924- 1
Center for the American Woman and Politics (Eagleton Institute of Politics) 1
Christian Children's Fund 1
Chrysalis Foundation 1
Church Women United in Iowa 1
Cochrane, William, 1867-1941 1
Conklin, Charlene, 1929-2022 1
Des Moines Art Center 1
Des Moines Human Rights Commission 1
Displaced Homemakers Network 1
Door Opener (Mason City, Iowa) 1
Drake University 1
Falvey, Lawrence A., 1901-1957 1
Florida Women's Consortium 1
Ford, Gerald R., 1913-2006 1
Frederick County Human Relations Commission (Frederick County, Iowa) 1
Garrity, Margaret 1
Garrity-Sandage Associates, Inc. 1
Goldman, Louise, 1924-1998 1
Grefe, Mary 1
Griffin, Edna, 1909-2000 1
Grinnell College 1
Hamilton, Carter 1
Hamilton, Ruth, 1898-2008 1
Hutchison, Sherry 1
International Conference of Girl Scouts/Guides (1965 : Acapulco, Mexico) 1
International Women's Year, 1975 1
Iowa Abortion Rights Activists League. Steering Committee 1
Iowa Civil Liberties Union 1
Iowa Development Commission 1
Iowa ERA Coalition 1
Iowa Governor's Commission on Health Care Costs 1
Iowa Library Commission 1
Iowa Peace Institute 1
Iowa Public Broadcasting Network 1
Iowa Women's Political Caucus 1
Iowa. Secretary of State 1
Jasper County (Iowa). Board of Supervisors 1
KRNT (Television station : Des Moines, Iowa) 1
Kelly, Alberta Metcalf, 1899-1994 1
LePort, Donna 1
League of Women Voters (Des Moines, Iowa) 1
League of Women Voters of Iowa 1
League of Women Voters of Johnson County, Iowa 1
League of Women Voters of Metropolitan Des Moines 1
League of Women Voters of Muscatine, Iowa 1
Lloyd-Jones, Jean (1929-) 1
Lomas, Anna Cochrane, 1896-1991 1
Loyal Temperance League 1
Magers, Jane 1
Migrant Action Program (Mason City, Iowa) 1
Moingona Council of Central Iowa Girl Scouts 1
National Center for Human Development 1
National Committee on United States-China Relations 1
National Conference of Christians and Jews 1
National Federation of Republican Women 1
National Gender Balance Project 1
National Organization on Disability (U.S.) 1
National Women's Conference (1st : 1977 : Houston, Tex.) 1
Nelson, Gladys, 1895-1995 1
Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994 1
Odell family 1
Odell, John 1
Odell, Mary Jane, 1923-2010 1
Older Women's League (U.S.) 1
Planned Parenthood Federation of America 1
President's Commission for the Observance of the 25th Anniversary of the United Nations 1
Ray, Robert D. (1928-2018) 1
Reagan, Ronald 1
Republican National Committee (U.S.). Women's Division 1
Republican National Convention 1
Republican National Convention (31st : 1976 : Kansas City, Mo.) 1
Rockefeller, Nelson A. (Nelson Aldrich), 1908-1979 1
Rosenfield family 1
Sandage family 1
Sandage, Scott 1
Sandage, Shirley M., 1927-2012 1
Shivvers, John, -1962 1
Shivvers, Vera, 1897-1990 1
Smith, Elmer M. 1
Spencer, Lonabelle Kaplan, 1925-2011 1
State Historical Society of Iowa 1
Swab, Joy 1
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