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Lola Moeller Zook papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0462
Abstract

Newspaper editor whose papers relate to her career as a journalist and the years she spent in occupied Japan following World War II.

Dates: 1909-2004

Luella Rynerson Smith papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0861
Abstract

Home extension course, U.S. Department of Agriculture, and other early twentieth century rural organization publications collected by an Iowa farm wife.

Dates: 1884-1989

Margaret McCollum papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0143
Abstract

Des Moines resident who was a leader in women's organizations including American Mother's Inc., PTA and AAUW.

Dates: 1942-2008

Margaret Wilbourn Gerber papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0520
Abstract

Clubwoman and activist who lived in Chicago, Albany, New York, and Iowa City.

Dates: 1923-2003

Martha Jean Nicholson Browneller papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0804
Abstract

Mahaska County, Iowa, farm woman who was active in 4-H and rural organizations. She recorded her daily activities in her diaries between 1935 and 1973.

Dates: 1920-2010

Mary Elizabeth Wood papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0262
Abstract

Social worker and the first African American woman in the United States to be named executive director of a greater metropolitan YWCA.

Dates: 1920-1998

Mary Johnston Elson papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0730
Abstract

Iowa teacher from Jefferson County who taught in rural schools for forty-four years and was active in the Iowa Federation of Women's Clubs.

Dates: 1928-2004

Mary Lou Kirk scrapbook

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0743
Abstract

Created by Kirk, when she belonged to the Glad Girls of Grove 4-H chapter in Grove Township, Cass County, Iowa.

Dates: 1942-1949

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

May Bennett Harshbarger papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0088
Abstract

Schoolteacher from eastern Carroll County, Iowa who managed the family farm after her husband's death in 1926.

Dates: 1898-1993

Melba Gardemann Olson papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0456
Abstract

Benton County, Iowa, farm girl and teacher who played on her high school's basketball championship team in 1927.

Dates: 1916-1993

Myrtle Keppy papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0480
Abstract

Champion hog breeder, farm woman, 4-H leader, and president of the Iowa Porkettes.

Dates: 1926-2009

Roberta Pendleton papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0341
Abstract

Sioux City, Iowa resident who was a WAVE during World War II.

Dates: 1943-1996

Ruth Moe Christ papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0283
Abstract

4-H participant from Winnebago, Iowa.

Dates: 1946-1961

Susan J. Norman papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0299
Abstract

Iowa City activist.

Dates: 1972-1984

Velma Stuit scrapbooks

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0212
Abstract

Wife of Dean of University of Iowa College of Liberal Arts and organizer of Newcomers Club in 1938 and International Wives Club in 1959.

Dates: 1934-1990

Willow Hill papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0487
Abstract

Diaries describe growing up in rural Iowa in the 1960s and the period from1992 to 2001.

Dates: 1960-2001

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American Association of University Women 3
Everett, Beverly, 1926-2001 3
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Iowa Mothers Association 2
Iowa State Teachers College 2
Monroe Busy Bees (4-H Club : Mahaska County, Iowa) 2
Ackeman, Karen 1
American Association for the United Nations 1
American Association of University Women. Iowa City Branch 1
American Mothers, Inc. 1
American National Red Cross 1
Anderson, Christine Hanson, 1912- 1
Associated Country Women of the World 1
Associated Country Women of the World. Conference 1
Aurora Reading Club of Pittsburgh (Pa.) 1
Birmingham High School (Birmingham, Iowa) 1
Browneller, Martha Jean Nicholson, 1920- 1
Browneller, Max 1
Buchanan County Farm Bureau (Iowa). Women's Committee 1
Buckley, Susan C. 1
Bush, George, 1924- 1
Bywater, Jessie Cannon 1
Cadoret, Jeanne 1
Century of Progress International Exposition (1933-1934 : Chicago, Ill.) 1
Chong, Peggy 1
Christ, Ruth Moe, 1943- 1
Clark, M. Maeve 1
Council of National Defense (Washington, D.C.). Woman's Committee 1
Crawford family 1
Crawford, Anita, 1909-1998 1
Dakota Dunes Country Club (Dakota Dunes, S.D.) 1
Daughters of the American Revolution 1
Davis, Aldeen 1
Dendel, Esther Warner, 1910-2002 1
Dendel, Jo 1
Denwar Ceramics 1
Des Moines Human Rights Commission 1
Drake University 1
Edle, Jerry 1
Elson, Mary Johnston, 1914-2011 1
Everett, Esther, 1910-2008 1
Everett, Fred 1
Fancy Work Circle (Fairfield, Iowa) 1
Farm Bureau (Scott County, Iowa) 1
Ford, Gerald R., 1913-2006 1
Gerber, John C. 1
Gerber, Margaret Wilbourn, 1913-1996 1
Girl Scouts of the United States of America 1
Glad Girls of Grove 4-H (Cass County, Iowa) 1
Good Cheer Society (Fairfield, Iowa) 1
Grace and Rubies (Restaurant : Iowa City, Iowa) 1
Graham, Frances, 1921- 1
Graham, John W., -1999 1
Graham, Ona 1
Greazel, Shana 1
Grinnell College 1
Harshbarger, May Bennett, 1880-1966 1
Hemann, Brian 1
Hemm, Joan, 1957- 1
Hill, Willow, 1945- 1
Homan family 1
Homan, Charles Foote, 1897-1988 1
Homan, Delmar Charles, 1927- 1
Homan, Gladys, 1899-1996 1
Hoover, Irene (1907-2001) 1
Howe, Maureen 1
Hoyt, Adelia M., 1865- 1
Human Resources Research Organization 1
International Wives Club (Iowa City, Iowa) 1
Iowa Association of Colored Women's Clubs 1
Iowa ERA Coalition 1
Iowa Home for Sightless Women (Des Moines, Iowa) 1
Iowa Local History Museum Association 1
Iowa Master Farm Homemakers Guild 1
Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation 1
Iowa Parent Teacher Association 1
Iowa Porkettes 1
Iowa State College. Cooperative Extension Service 1
Iowa State University 1
Iowa Women's Hall of Fame 1
Jack, Jill, 1957- 1
Janz, Kathleen 1
Johnson, Edith Edmund, 1893- 1
Johnson, Martin 1
Judson College (Marion, Ala.) 1
Kappa Delta Alumni Association (Iowa State College) 1
Keppy, Myrtle, 1924-2009 1
Kinnick, Nile C. (Nile Clarke), 1918-1943 1
Kirk, Mary Lou, 1929-2004 1
Lacina, Kim 1
Lawrence family 1
League of Women Voters of Iowa City, Iowa 1
Lewis, Catherine 1
Lutheran Church Women's Quilting Club (Fairfield, Iowa) 1
Mahaska County Farm Bureau. Women's Committee 1
Martini, Lorena 1
McClintic, Amber, 1960- 1
McCollum, Margaret, 1916-2006 1
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