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League of Women Voters, Sioux City records

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0229
Scope and Contents The League of Women Voters of Sioux City records date from 1978 to 1993 and measure 2.5 linear inches. The bulk of the collection consists of newspaper clippings from the Sioux City Journal and the Des Moines Register chronicling local debates in the late 1970s about Sioux City's urban renewal and city government structure. Clippings on how other Iowa cities were handling these issues in their communities are included. The home rule charter folder includes the proposal submitted by the Sioux City Charter Commission to the mayor and city council, which called for re-structuring the city's government; among other things, the new charter would have given more power to the mayor. The proposed charter was hotly debated for several months and defeated in a narrow vote; the League opposed the charter. The urban renewal newspaper clippings describe conflicts over how to maintain a vital business sector, and an investigation into charges that a developer had misused...
Dates: 1978-1993

Lena Belle Bock papers

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Identifier: IWA0118
Abstract

Member of the Iowa House of Representatives from 1960 to 1964.

Dates: 1960-1981

Linda Kinney Neuman papers

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Identifier: IWA0532
Abstract

Served for over twenty years in the Iowa judiciary and was the first woman to be appointed to the Iowa Supreme Court.

Dates: 1975-2018

Maggie Tinsman papers

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Identifier: IWA0348
Abstract

Bettendorf Republican who served on the Scott County Board of Supervisors and the Iowa State Senate.

Dates: 1971-2015

Margaret Anderson Papers

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Identifier: IWA0001
Abstract

Subject files, correspondence and clippings relating to women's rights.

Dates: 1973-1978

Margaret McDonald papers

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Identifier: IWA0033
Abstract

Active in Republican Party and vice-chairman of the Iowa Republican Central Committee in 1970.

Dates: 1964-2004

Mary Louise Smith papers

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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

Myrtilla F. Levin papers

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Identifier: IWA0032
Abstract

Active in the Republican Party, mayor of Newton, Iowa, and executive director of Iowa Business Council.

Dates: 1971-2010

National Organization for Women, Ames Chapter records

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0658
Abstract

Includes ERA campaign material.

Dates: 1973-1986

National Organization for Women, Des Moines Chapter records

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Identifier: IWA0014
Abstract

Feminist activist organization records.

Dates: 1971-1987

National Organization for Women, Dubuque Chapter records

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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

National Organization for Women, Iowa records

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Identifier: IWA0013
Abstract

Feminist activist organization records.

Dates: 1976-1989

National Organization for Women, Johnson County-Iowa City Chapter records

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Identifier: IWA0017
Abstract

Feminist activist organization records.

Dates: 1977-1997

Patricia J. Pardun papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0024
Abstract

State vice chair of the Republican Party in Iowa from 1967 to 1973.

Dates: 1956-1978

Polk County Women's Political Caucus records

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Identifier: IWA0748
Abstract

County branch of a national organization to support candidates who promote women's rights and women's participation in the political process.

Dates: 1974-1987

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

Roberta Till-Retz papers

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Identifier: IWA0802
Abstract

Research and educational materials of activist and labor educator Roberta Till-Retz.

Dates: 1970-2006

Ruth Bluford Anderson papers

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Identifier: IWA0159
Abstract

Professor Emeritus of Social Work at the University of Northern Iowa, author, and Black Hawk County Supervisor.

Dates: 1977-1997

Ruth Scharnau papers

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Identifier: IWA0224
Abstract

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

Dates: 1970-2017

Sonja Larsen papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0439
Abstract

Republican representative in the Iowa legislature who ran for mayor of Ottumwa in 1981.

Dates: 1977-1982

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National Organization for Women. Iowa 3
National Women's Political Caucus (U.S.) 3
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Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) 3
University of Iowa 3
Anderson, Margaret, 1928- 2
Hammond, Johnie (1932-) 2
Iowa ERA Coalition 2
National Organization for Women. Dubuque Chapter 2
National Organization for Women. Johnson County-Iowa City Chapter 2
Republican National Convention 2
American Association for the United Nations 1
Anderson, Ruth Bluford, 1921-2013 1
Black Hawk County Democratic Women's Organization (Iowa) 1
Black Hawk County Women's Political Caucus (Iowa) 1
Bock, Lena Belle, 1904-2007 1
Bush, George, 1924- 1
Campaign to Add Women to the Iowa Constitution 1
Carpenter, Dorothy, 1933-2011 1
Catholic Interracial Council (Davenport, Iowa) 1
Chapman, Kathleen "Kay" Halloran (1937-) 1
Clinton County Women's Political Caucus (Iowa) 1
Cooper, Cecile, 1900-1997 1
Des Moines Human Rights Commission 1
Donovan, Vergene (1924-) 1
Drake University 1
Dubuque Human Rights Commission (Dubuque, Iowa) 1
Dubuque Packing Company 1
Eaton, Linda 1
Estes, Simon 1
Ford, Gerald R., 1913-2006 1
Goldsmith, Judith 1
Iowa Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations 1
Iowa Business Council 1
Iowa Commission on the Status of Women 1
Iowa Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO 1
Iowa Girl's High School Athletic Union 1
Iowa State Association of Counties 1
Iowa Women Against the Equal Rights Amendment 1
Iowa Women's Caucus Research and Education Center 1
Iowa Women's Equality Campaign 1
Iowa. General Assembly 1
Iowa. Supreme Court 1
Juilliard School 1
Koob, Kathryn 1
Larsen, Sonja, 1941- 1
League of Women Voters of Iowa 1
League of Women Voters of Sioux City, Iowa 1
Levin, Myrtilla F., 1938- 1
McDonald, Margaret (1925-2014) 1
Metcalf, Janet, 1935- 1
Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.) 1
Miller, Elizabeth R. (Elizabeth Ruby), 1905-1988 1
Miller, Karla 1
Mondale, Walter F., 1928- 1
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People 1
National Association of Counties 1
National Association of Women Judges (U.S.) 1
National Conference of Christians and Jews 1
National Federation of Republican Women 1
National Order of Women Legislators (U.S.) 1
National Organization for Women 1
National Organization for Women. Ames Chapter 1
National Organization for Women. Des Moines Chapter 1
Neuman, Linda Kinney, 1948- 1
Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994 1
Noun, Louise R. (1908-2002) 1
Osanka, Frank 1
Pardun, Patricia (1925-2022) 1
Parents & Friends of Lesbians and Gays 1
Peterson, Andrew 1
Planned Parenthood Federation of America 1
Polk County Women's Political Caucus (Iowa) 1
President's Commission for the Observance of the 25th Anniversary of the United Nations 1
Quad Cities Council on Human Rights 1
Rape Victim Advocacy Program (Iowa City, Iowa) 1
Ray, Robert D. (1928-2018) 1
Reagan, Ronald 1
Republican National Committee (U.S.). Women's Division 1
Republican National Convention (31st : 1976 : Kansas City, Mo.) 1
Republican Party (Iowa). Central Committee 1
Rockefeller, Nelson A. (Nelson Aldrich), 1908-1979 1
Rubel, Jane Christoffer (1953 - ) 1
Ruthven Consolidated High School (Ruthven, Iowa) 1
Scharnau, Ruth, 1933- 1
Schneiders, Jean, 1935- 1
Schneiders, John L. (1933-2019) 1
Schwengel, Fred, 1907-1993 1
Scott County (Iowa). Board of Supervisors 1
Shaw, Elizabeth (1923-2014) 1
Smith, Elmer M. 1
Smith, Mary Louise (1914-1997) 1
State University of Iowa 1
Story County (Iowa). Board of Supervisors 1
Szymoniak, Elaine (1920-2009) 1
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