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Campaign to Add Women to the Iowa Constitution records

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0400
Abstract

Organization formed to work for passage of Iowa state ERA.

Dates: 1978-1998

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

Governor Ray's Commission on the Status of Women (Iowa) records

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0529
Abstract

The Commission addressed issues such as the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA), abortion reform, daycare, equal pay for equal work, and sex discrimination in employment, insurance, and education. At the end of 1970, the GCSW reported two major legislative accomplishments: the passage of no-fault divorce laws and the addition of sex to the Iowa Civil Rights Act of 1965.

Dates: 1964-2003

Iowa ERA Coalition records

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0011
Abstract

Organization to promote passage of an Equal Rights Amendment to the Iowa and United States constitutions.

Dates: 1974-1981

Iowa Women Against the Equal Rights Amendment records

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0018
Abstract

Grassroots organization opposed to Iowa's ratification of the ERA to the Iowa and United States constitutions.

Dates: 1972-1980

Iowa Women's Equality Campaign records

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0629
Abstract

The organization formed in 1992 to work for passage of the state ERA in Iowa.

Dates: 1975-1992

Jo Rabenold papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0191
Abstract

Iowa City activist who collected lesbian and feminist publications during the 1970s and 1980s.

Dates: 1965-1983

Joann Orr papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0807
Abstract

State senator from 1972 to 1980 from Grinnell, Iowa.

Dates: 1969-2017

Johnson County ERA Coalition records

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0138
Abstract

Organized in Iowa City to promote the passage of the Equal Rights Amendment to the constitution of the state of Iowa.



Arrangement

"New Strategies, Old Obstacles in the Fight for Equality: An Analysis of the 1992 Iowa ERA Referendum Campaign," is shelved in the Iowa Women's Archives printed works collection (fHQ.1236.5.U6 F45 1993).

Dates: 1984-1993

Kathy Kilbourn papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0831
Abstract

Founding member of the Intervention in Violence Against Women Project, activist and teacher from Cedar Rapids.

Dates: 1936-1992

Linda Yanney papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0413
Abstract

Iowa City feminist and champion of LGBT rights.

Dates: 1948-2000

Lonabelle Kaplan Spencer papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0160
Abstract

American Association of University Women member and advocate for women's issues including dual listings for married women in Iowa telephone directories.



Arrangement

1997 ACCESSION: Boxes 1-11

2007 ACCESSION: Boxes 12-41

2008 ACCESSION: Boxes 42-65

Dates: 1931-2007

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

National Organization for Women, Ames Chapter records

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0658
Abstract

Includes ERA campaign material.

Dates: 1973-1986

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

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

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National Organization for Women 2
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National Organization for Women. Johnson County-Iowa City Chapter 2
University of Iowa. Action Studies Program 2
American Association of University Women 1
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Anderson, Margaret, 1928- 1
Brigance, Linda 1
Brown, Ralph 1
Campaign to Add Women to the Iowa Constitution 1
Center for the American Woman and Politics (Eagleton Institute of Politics) 1
Dayhoff, Arlene 1
Doderer, Minnette, 1923-2005 1
Durden, Betty 1
Durham, Leona 1
ERA Iowa 1992 1
Eaton, Linda 1
Emma Goldman Clinic 1
Florida Women's Consortium 1
Gay Liberation Front (Iowa City, Iowa) 1
Goetsch, Dorothy 1
Goldsmith, Judith 1
Governor Ray's Commission on the Status Of Women (Iowa) 1
Grefe, Mary 1
Grinnell College 1
International Conference of Girl Scouts/Guides (1965 : Acapulco, Mexico) 1
International Women's Year, 1975 1
Iowa Commission on the Status of Women 1
Iowa ERA Coalition 1
Iowa Women Against the Equal Rights Amendment 1
Iowa Women's Equality Campaign 1
Iowa Women's Political Caucus 1
Iowa. General Assembly. Senate 1
Jackson, Jesse, 1941- 1
Johnson County ERA Coalition (Johnson County, Iowa) 1
Kilbourn, Kathy, 1944- 1
LePort, Donna 1
League of Women Voters of Iowa 1
Lesbian Alliance (Iowa City, Iowa) 1
Lewis, Edwin C. 1
Lloyd-Jones, Jean (1929-) 1
McKee, Alice 1
Moingona Council of Central Iowa Girl Scouts 1
Mondale, Walter F., 1928- 1
National Gender Balance Project 1
National Organization for Women. Ames Chapter 1
National Organization for Women. Dubuque Chapter 1
National Organization of Women. Cedar Rapids 1
National Women's Conference (1st : 1977 : Houston, Tex.) 1
National Women's Political Caucus (U.S.) 1
O'Dea, Suzanne, 1950- 1
Orr, Joann, 1923-2017 1
Polk County Women's Political Caucus (Iowa) 1
Rabenold, Jo 1
Ray, Robert D. (1928-2018) 1
Republican Party (Iowa) 1
Spencer, Lonabelle Kaplan, 1925-2011 1
University of Iowa 1
University of Iowa Daycare Commission 1
University of Iowa. Afro-American Studies Program 1
University of Iowa. Department of Physical Education and Dance 1
University of Iowa. Rape Victim Advocacy Program 1
University of Iowa. Women's Resource and Action Center 1
University of Iowa. Women's Studies Program 1
Villines, Evelyne 1
Wall, Joe 1
Watson, Lynn, 1948- 1
Wilson, Jonathan 1
Women's Coffeehouse (Iowa City, Iowa) 1
World Conference on Women (4th : 1995 : Beijing, China) 1
Yanney, Linda 1
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