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Adelia M. Hoyt papers

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: IWA0844
Abstract

Photos and a memoir written by a blind woman who helped establish the Iowa Home for Sightless Women in Des Moines.

Dates: 1915-2011

Aldeen Davis papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0279
Abstract

Muscatine, Iowa, newspaper columnist active in arts, civic, educational, and religious organizations.

Dates: 1954-1995

Beverly Everett papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0148
Abstract

Family farmer, volunteer, and community activist who served on U.S. National Commission for UNESCO and the International Women's Year Commission.

Dates: 1856-2001

Catherine Lewis papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0217
Abstract

Interviews and field reports prepared by Lewis for the Smithsonian Institution's Festival of American Folklore.

Dates: 1995

Esther Everett papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0880
Abstract

Home economics professor raised on a farm in Lacey, Iowa.

Dates: 1911-2008

Esther Sietmann Warner Dendel papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0301
Abstract

Author and artist from Laurel, Iowa.

Dates: 1922-1996

Jessie Field Shambaugh papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0133
Abstract

Shenandoah, Iowa teacher who became school superintendent for Page County, Iowa. She played a central role in the development of activities for rural youth and is referred to as the 'Mother of 4-H.'

Dates: 1901-1994

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 Ankeny Hunter papers

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: IWA0097
Abstract

Secretary, vice-president, and then president of the Iowa Suffrage Memorial Commission in the 1920s and 1930s. Hunter was a peace activist, prohibitionist, and Red Cross worker during World War I.



Arrangement

One folder, shelved in SCVF.

Dates: 1940

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 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

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

National Abortion Rights Action League of Iowa records

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0640
Abstract

Local chapter of the national association.

Dates: 1990-2001

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

Women's Resource and Action Center (WRAC) records

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0151
Abstract

Women's center established in 1970 to serve the university and community.

Dates: 1960-2006

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Browneller, Max 1
Buckley, Susan C. 1
Bush, George, 1924- 1
Cadoret, Jeanne 1
Chong, Peggy 1
Clark, M. Maeve 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
Everett, Esther, 1910-2008 1
Everett, Fred 1
Ford, Gerald R., 1913-2006 1
Greazel, Shana 1
Hemann, Brian 1
Hill, Willow, 1945- 1
Howe, Maureen 1
Hoyt, Adelia M., 1865- 1
Hunter, Mary Ankeny, 1870- 1
Iowa ERA Coalition 1
Iowa Home for Sightless Women (Des Moines, Iowa) 1
Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation 1
Iowa State Teachers College 1
Iowa State University 1
Iowa Suffrage Memorial Commission 1
Iowa Women's Hall of Fame 1
Jack, Jill, 1957- 1
Janz, Kathleen 1
Johnson, Martin 1
Lacina, Kim 1
Lewis, Catherine 1
Michigan State College 1
Michigan State University 1
Mishler, Laura 1
Mishler, Margaret 1
Monroe Busy Bees (4-H Club : Mahaska County, Iowa) 1
Mount Ararat Baptist Church (Pittsburgh, Pa.) 1
Muscatine Federated Women's Club 1
National Abortion Rights Action League 1
National Abortion Rights Action League of Iowa 1
National Abortion and Reproductive Rights Action League 1
National Conference of Christians and Jews 1
National Federation of Republican Women 1
National Women's Conference (1st : 1977 : Houston, Tex.) 1
Newhall High School (Newhall, Iowa) 1
Nicholson, Homer 1
Nicholson, Irma 1
Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994 1
Northwestern Bell Telephone Company 1
Noun, Louise R. 1
Olson, Melba Gardemann, 1909-2000 1
Oskaloosa High School (Oskaloosa, Iowa) 1
Pickup, Sandra 1
Planned Parenthood Federation of America 1
President's Commission for the Observance of the 25th Anniversary of the United Nations 1
Ray, Robert D., 1928- 1
Reagan, Ronald 1
Republican National Committee (U.S.) 1
Republican National Committee (U.S.). Women's Division 1
Republican National Convention 1
Republican National Convention (31st : 1976 : Kansas City, Mo.) 1
Republican Party (Iowa) 1
Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) 1
Rockefeller, Nelson A. (Nelson Aldrich), 1908-1979 1
Rogers, Opal 1
Roseman, Dennis 1
Roseman, Robin 1
Semper Fidelis Federated Women's Club 1
Shambaugh, Jessie Field, 1881-1971 1
Smith, Elmer M. 1
Smith, Mary Louise 1
State University of Iowa 1
Sulentic, Kathy 1
Taylor, Leslie 1
U.S. National Commission for UNESCO 1
United Nations Association of the United States of America. Iowa Division 1
United Nations. Population Commission 1
United States Commission on Civil Rights 1
United States Institute of Peace 1
United States. President's Commission on the Status of Women 1
University of Iowa. Libraries. Iowa Women's Archives 1
University of Iowa. Women's Resource and Action Center 1
Watkins, Heather 1
Watson, Ann 1
Wood, Mary Elizabeth, 1902- 1
Woodin, Marilyn 1
Young Women's Christian Association of Buffalo (N.Y.) 1
Young Women's Christian Association of Philadelphia (Pa.) 1
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