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ERA Iowa 1992 records
Collection
Identifier: IWA0305
Abstract
Grassroots campaign initiated in Des Moines, Iowa, in 1991 to promote the passage of the Equal Rights Amendment to the Iowa constitution in the 1992 election.
Dates:
1980-1993
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
League of Women Voters of 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
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
Linda Yanney papers
Collection
Identifier: IWA0413
Abstract
Iowa City feminist and champion of LGBT rights.
Dates:
1948-2000
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
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
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
Minnette Doderer papers
Collection
Identifier: IWA0008
Abstract
State legislator from Iowa City who was first elected to the Iowa House of Representatives in 1964. Arrangement Alphabetical file, 1944-1984 (Boxes 1-30) Campaign files 1966, 1968, 1977-1980 (Box 6) Lieutenant governor campaigns, 1970, 1977-1978 (Box 22-25) 1966-1988 (Box 31) 1986-2000 (Boxes 53-55) Correspondence 1944-1984 (Boxes 10-15) 1972-1990 (Boxes 31-33) 1974, 1978-1992 (Box 45) 1970s-2000 (Boxes 55-56) Personal material 1968-1990 (Boxes 33-35) 1975, 1981-1992 (Boxes 47-48) 1970s-2000 (Box 53) Photographs 1964-1967, 1983-1984 (Box 35) Speeches Speeches and speech material, 1966-1982 (Boxes 28-29) Undated (Box 35) 1968-2000 (Boxes 57-58) Topical files and legislation ...
Dates:
1944-2005
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
National Organization for Women, Ames Chapter records
Collection
Identifier: IWA0658
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
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
National Organization for Women, Johnson County-Iowa City Chapter records
Collection
Identifier: IWA0017
Polk County Women's Political Caucus records
Collection
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
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
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
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
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