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Iowa Nurses' Association records

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0023
Abstract

State branch of the national organization. The overall purpose of the association has been to promote and improve the professional skills and status of nurses.



Arrangement

Administrative Records, 1904-1989 (boxes 1-18) American Nurses Association, 1928-1989 (boxes 18-24) Committees, 1933-1989 (boxes24-34) Continuing Education, 1955-1989 (boxes 34-36) Conventions, 1904-1989 (boxes 37-44) Districts, 1920-1984 (boxes44-48) Economic Security,1946-1989(boxes 48-57) Iowa League for Nursing,1913-1980 (boxes 57-61 Iowa Organizations, 1926-1989 (boxes 61-68) Membership, 1904-1988 (boxes 68-70) Publications, 1917-1985 (box71) Sections, 1940-1984 (boxes 71-77) Student Nurses Association, 1949-1984 (boxes 77-78) Photographs, 1918-1987 (boxes 78-79) Artifacts, 1981-1988 (box 80) Audiotapes, 1974-1987 (box 81) Oversize, 1916-1987 (box 82 and container 83)

Dates: 1904-1989

Iowa Women in Educational Leadership records

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0370
Abstract

An organization to promote the upward mobility of women in educational management.

Dates: 1981-1997

Jane Alison Weiss papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0129
Abstract

Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of Iowa, 1978-1981.

Dates: 1967-1981

Jane Burleson papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0340
Abstract

Teacher's aide, packinghouse worker, and union activist, Burleson was the first woman and first African American elected to the Fort Dodge City Council.

Dates: 1931-1998

Jane Elliott papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0832
Abstract

Riceville, Iowa schoolteacher and anti-racism activist who pioneered diversity training with her famous "Blue Eyed, Brown Eyed" exercise

Dates: 1968-2011

Jean Jew Justice Committee records

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: IWA0444
Abstract

The committee organized in 1990 to support Jean Jew in her sexual harassment lawsuit against the University of Iowa.

Dates: 1982-1999

Jean Kern papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0631
Abstract

Professor of English and an independent scholar who taught in the Middle East and Eastern Europe as well as in Iowa.

Dates: 1921-1988

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

Jessie Hornsby papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0564
Abstract

French professor at the University of Iowa who was born in Algiers, North Africa, and worked for the British Broadcasting Corporation in England as an intelligence assistant during World War II.

Dates: 1876-1993

Jo Ann Zimmerman papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0351
Abstract

Elected to the Iowa House of Representatives in 1982 and in 1986, she became the first woman Lieutenant Governor of Iowa.

Dates: 1958-1995

Judy Polumbaum papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0914
Abstract

Professor of journalism at The University of Iowa.

Dates: 1987-1997

Karen Goodenow papers

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: IWA0233
Abstract

Elementary and high school teacher who has served on local and state boards of education.



Arrangement

One folder, shelved in SCVF.

Dates: 1980-1993

Kathryn Stone papers

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: IWA0685
Abstract

Mount Vernon, Iowa, native who taught at University High School in Iowa City in 1930 and 1931.



Arrangement

One folder, shelved in SCVF.

Dates: 1930-1995

Kim Landhuis papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0236
Abstract

Native of Vietnam who became a teacher, school board member, and 1994 candidate for the Iowa senate.

Dates: 1943-2004

Laura Gibson Smith papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0069
Abstract

Casey, Iowa native who taught country school before marrying and homesteading in Wyoming in 1913. She taught school in the Philippines in the 1910s and 1920s.

Dates: 1917-1983

Lavina Power papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0417
Abstract

Schoolteacher, wife and mother, who kept account books for her husband's chain of drugstores.

Dates: 1905-1970

League of Women Voters, Cedar Rapids-Marion records

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0635
Abstract

The Cedar Rapids-Marion League of Women Voters (LWV) played an active part in the civic life of the greater Cedar Rapids area. During the period covered by this collection, the Cedar Rapids-Marion League of Women Voters focused on the problems of high school dropouts in the Cedar Rapids school system and the lack of affordable housing in the area.

Dates: 1937 - 2010

League of Women Voters, Iowa records

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0020
Abstract State-level branch of the national non-partisan League of Women Voters which seeks to promote political responsibility through educating and informing the public on selected governmental issues and promoting action on those issues. Arrangement 1971 Accession, 1917 to 1991 (boxes 1-61) Local leagues, 1939-1970 (boxes 1-5,19-32) Administrative, 1920-1968 (boxes 6-16) National, 1934-1966 (boxes 16-17) Iowa Voter, 1943-2001 (box 18) Topical, 1938-1972 (boxes 32-42, 45-58, 60-61) Histories, 1917-1969 (boxes 42-44, 59) Voter service, 1947-1966 (box 44) 1975 Accession, 1938-1973 (boxes 62-92) Local leagues, 1968-1971 (boxes 62-67) Administrative, 1940-1973 (boxes 67-79) Topical, 1938-1971 (boxes 79-83, 84-91) Voter service, 1948-1969 (boxes 83-84) 1981 Accession Local leagues, 1928-1979 (boxes 93-100) 1984 Accession, 1955-1980 (boxes 100-107) Topical, 1955-1980 (boxes...
Dates: 1917-2001

League of Women Voters, Johnson County records

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0021
Abstract

Local branch of the national non-partisan League of Women Voters which seeks to promote political responsibility through educating and informing the public on selected governmental issues and promoting action on those issues.

Dates: 1920-2009

League of Women Voters, Metropolitan Des Moines records

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0243
Abstract

This non-partisan group studied and acted upon the many local issues including the following: the council-manager form of city government, home rule for local and county government, reapportionment of legislative districts of the Iowa General Assembly, desegregation and integration of Des Moines public schools, and the need for affordable housing in the community.

Dates: 1936-1995

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Iowa Women's Archives 162
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Archives (groupings) 159
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College students 35
Sound recordings 32
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Women -- Societies and clubs 30
Oral histories 28
Correspondence 26
Families 25
Iowa 25
1971-1980 22
Memoirs 21
Women -- Political activity 21
Women lawyers 19
Autobiographies 17
Des Moines (Iowa) 17
Women in agriculture 17
African American women -- Iowa 16
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Language
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Names
University of Iowa 21
State University of Iowa 16
Iowa State Teachers College 6
State University of Iowa. Department of Home Economics 5
Iowa. General Assembly. House of Representatives 4
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University High School (Iowa City, Iowa) 4
University of Iowa. Department of Physical Education for Women 4
American Association of University Women 3
Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women 3
Iowa Commission on the Status of Women 3
University of Iowa. Department of Physical Education and Dance 3
University of Minnesota 3
University of Northern Iowa 3
Braunwarth, Sarah, 1853-1927 2
City High School (Iowa City, Iowa) 2
Coe College 2
Democratic Party (Iowa) 2
Follon, Sue, 1942-1998 2
Fox, Margaret, 1912-2010 2
Geadelmann, Patricia L. 2
Iowa League for Nursing 2
Iowa Nurses' Association 2
Iowa State College 2
Jew, Jean Y. 2
Keyes, Margaret N., 1918-2015 2
National Organization for Women. Iowa 2
Republican Party (Iowa) 2
State University of Iowa. Department of Physical Education for Women 2
State University of Iowa. School of Nursing 2
United States. Naval Reserve. Women's Reserve 2
University of Iowa. College of Nursing 2
University of Iowa. Department of Home Economics 2
University of Iowa. School of Journalism 2
University of Iowa. Women's Resource and Action Center 2
University of Iowa. Women's Studies Program 2
University of Wisconsin 2
Weiss, Jane Alison 2
Whitehead, Floy Eugenia, 1913-1998 2
YWCA of Greater Des Moines 2
AIDS Coalition of Johnson County (Iowa) 1
Adams, Janet (1937-) 1
American Association for Health, Physical Education, and Recreation 1
American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education 1
American Association of Dental Schools 1
American Association of University Professors 1
American Dental Association 1
American Dental Hygienists' Association 1
American Educational Research Association 1
American Home Economics Association 1
American Institute of Commerce 1
American Mission Upper Nile 1
American Nurses Association 1
American Psychological Association 1
American Theological Society 1
Anderson, Christine Hanson, 1912- 1
Anderson, Margaret, 1928- 1
Anderson, Ruth Bluford, 1921-2013 1
Antioch Baptist Church (Waterloo, Iowa) 1
Athens History Circle (Iowa City, Iowa) 1
Athletic and Recreation Federation of College Women 1
Atwood, Roy Alden 1
Audiovisual Education Association of Iowa 1
Audubon Naturalist Society of the Central Atlantic States 1
Aydelotte, Myrtle K. (Myrtle Kitchell) 1
Bacon, Evelyn Crary, 1916-1997 1
Baker, Carl 1
Barcelo family 1
Barceló, Nancy V., 1946- 1
Barclay, Winston 1
Barnes, Irston R. 1
Benjamin Franklin High School (Cedar Rapids, Iowa) 1
Bernanos, Georges, 1888-1948 1
Bethel College (North Newton, Kan.) 1
Bethel Evangelical Secondary School 1
Birmingham High School (Birmingham, Iowa) 1
Bixler, Genevieve Knight 1
Black Hills Playhouse (Theater group) 1
Blake, Germaine Mayer 1
Blind Tom, 1849-1908 1
Boot, Estella 1
Bowen, Howard Rothmann, 1908- 1
Boyd, Willard L. (Willard Lee), 1927- 1
Boyum, Bernice Larson, 1922- 1
Branstad, Terry E. 1
Briggs, John Ely, -1952 1
Briggs, Nellie Upham, -1973 1
Briggs, Shirley A. (Shirley Ann), 1918-2004 1
Briggs, Wilbur 1
Buchanan, Ellen 1
Burke, Norma Peg, 1933- 1
Burleson, Jane, 1928- 1
Cadena, Juan 1
Cadena, Marta 1
Cameron, Cornelia C., 1911-1994 1
Camp Shows, Inc. 1
Campbell, Bonnie J., 1948- 1
Carmack, Patricia Jo 1
Carpenter, Dorothy, 1933-2011 1
Carson, Rachel, 1907-1964 1
Catholic Visitation School 1
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