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Myrtilla F. Levin papers

 Collection
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, Dubuque Chapter records

 Collection
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, Johnson County-Iowa City Chapter records

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0017
Abstract

Feminist activist organization records.

Dates: 1977-1997

Opal Miller papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0359
Abstract

Democrat, educator and clubwoman who served in the Iowa House of Representatives in the 1970s.

Dates: 1960-1998

Patricia Harper papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0510
Abstract

Iowa State Representative and Senator who served in the legislature from 1987 to 2002.

Dates: 1986-2003

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 Attorneys records

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0219
Abstract

Association to promote the professional growth of women in the law.

Dates: 1986-1995

Rape Victim Advocacy Program (RVAP) records

 Collection
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

Rosemary Sackett papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0230
Abstract

Lawyer and justice on Iowa Court of Appeals.

Dates: 1960-1996

Roxanne Barton Conlin papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0005
Abstract

Attorney and political activist who co-founded the Iowa Women's Political Caucus and was appointed Federal Prosecutor in 1977.

Dates: 1969-1998

Ruth Bluford Anderson papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0159
Abstract

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

Dates: 1977-1997

Ruth Fuller papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0482
Abstract

The first female pilot in Appanoose County and active in the local Democratic Party.

Dates: 1925-2002

Ruth Hamilton papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0192
Abstract

Teacher and world traveler who served in the New Hampshire legislature.

Dates: 1895-2008

Ruth Laughlin papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0185
Abstract

Social activist and writer.

Dates: 1956-1997

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

Ruth Scharnau papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0224
Abstract

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

Dates: 1970-2017

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

Thelma B. Lewis papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0022
Abstract

Iowa City mayor in 1961; served on the city council from 1958 to 1963.

Dates: 1947-1967

Vera Shivvers papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0464
Abstract

Iowa farm woman who was elected to fill her husband's term in the Iowa Senate following his death in 1962.

Dates: 1914-1990

Virginia Becker papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0540
Abstract

Scrapbooks of Bremer County, Iowa, Farm Bureau woman.

Dates: 1976-1993

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Grinnell College 3
O'Dea, Suzanne, 1950- 3
American Association for the United Nations 2
American Association of University Women 2
Conlin, Roxanne Barton, 1944- 2
Drake University 2
Grefe, Mary 2
Griffin, Edna, 1909-2000 2
Iowa Women's Political Caucus 2
League of Women Voters (Des Moines, Iowa) 2
Lloyd-Jones, Jean (1929-) 2
Martin, Mona Kadel (1934-) 2
National Organization for Women 2
National Organization for Women. Dubuque Chapter 2
Noun, Louise R. (1908-2002) 2
Older Women's League (U.S.) 2
Republican National Convention 2
Smith, Mary Louise (1914-1997) 2
Teaford, Jane (1935-) 2
University of Iowa. Libraries. Iowa Women's Archives 2
Adams, Janet (1937-) 1
Algona High School (Algona, Iowa) 1
American Patients Association 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
Becker, Ruth Salzmann (1922-2007) 1
Becker, Virginia (1918-2009) 1
Benedict Home (Des Moines, Iowa) 1
Berg, Orville 1
Bock, Lena Belle, 1904-2007 1
Brain family 1
Branstad, Terry E. 1
Brigance, Linda 1
Bucksbaum, Carolyn, 1929- 1
Burleson, Jane, 1928- 1
Bush, George, 1924- 1
Carter, Lucille Ketchum (1913-2009) 1
Center for the American Woman and Politics (Eagleton Institute of Politics) 1
Chapman, Kathleen "Kay" Halloran (1937-) 1
Chicago Housing Authority 1
Christian Children's Fund 1
Chrysalis Foundation 1
Church Women United in Iowa 1
Cochrane, William, 1867-1941 1
Cohen, Gertrude (1913-2016) 1
Collins, Susan 1
Collison, Margaret Davis, 1921-2014 1
Congressional Club (Washington, D.C.) 1
Conklin, Charlene, 1929-2022 1
Cooper, Cecile, 1900-1997 1
Cothorn, Marguerite, 1909-1998 1
Cruikshank, Rena 1
Democratic Activist Women's Network 1
Democratic Party (Iowa). State Central Committee 1
Des Moines Art Center 1
Des Moines Human Rights Commission 1
Des Moines Metro Opera Guild 1
Des Moines Tutoring Center 1
Displaced Homemakers Network 1
Doderer, Minnette, 1923-2005 1
Door Opener (Mason City, Iowa) 1
Dubuque Human Rights Commission (Dubuque, Iowa) 1
Duncan, Bob 1
Eaton, Linda 1
Egenes, Joan Vander Naald, 1936- 1
Estes, Simon 1
Fassbinder, Barbara (1953-1994) 1
Florida Women's Consortium 1
Ford, Gerald R., 1913-2006 1
Frederick County Human Relations Commission (Frederick County, Iowa) 1
Fuller, Ruth Beard, 1907-2008 1
Furgerson, Betty Jean, 1927- 1
Gammack, Katy, 1941- 1
Garrity, Margaret 1
Garrity-Sandage Associates, Inc. 1
Goldman, Louise, 1924-1998 1
Goldsmith, Judith 1
Grant, Christine (1936-2021) 1
Griffin, Phyllis 1
Gruhn, Josephine, 1927-2015 1
Hamilton, Carter 1
Hamilton, Ruth, 1898-2008 1
Hammond, Johnie (1932-) 1
Hannon, Beverly A., 1932- 1
Hansen, Robert 1
Harper, Patricia (1932-) 1
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