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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

Sonja Larsen papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0439
Abstract

Republican representative in the Iowa legislature who ran for mayor of Ottumwa in 1981.

Dates: 1977-1982

Sue M. Reed papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0130
Abstract

Republican Party activist and officer of Iowa and National Federations of Republican Women, 1950s-1970s.

Dates: 1934-1996

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

Vergene Donovan papers

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: IWA0232
Abstract

Spencer, Iowa, resident active in the Iowa Federation of Republican women.



Arrangement

One folder, shelved in SCVF.

Dates: 1975-2012

Virginia Becker papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0540
Abstract

Scrapbooks of Bremer County, Iowa, Farm Bureau woman.

Dates: 1976-1993

Woman's Christian Temperance Union of Iowa records

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0751
Abstract

Organization dedicated to legislative and educational efforts to prevent juvenile delinquency and support woman's suffrage.

Dates: 1874-2006

Women's Equity Action League (Iowa Division) records

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0696
Abstract

Organization that promoted economic equity for women by focusing on educational, legal, and tax issues affecting women.

Dates: 1972-1977

Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (Des Moines Chapter) records

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0240
Abstract

Members of the Des Moines chapter of WILPF studied government policy on nuclear testing, the draft , the war in Vietnam, and the arms race.  They held informational rallies and demonstrations and maintained a vigorous letter-writing campaign.

Dates: 1962-2008

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Names
Democratic Party (Iowa) 19
Iowa. General Assembly. House of Representatives 19
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League of Women Voters of Iowa 8
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University of Iowa 7
Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) 6
State University of Iowa 6
Iowa Women's Political Caucus 5
Iowa Commission on the Status of Women 4
O'Dea, Suzanne, 1950- 4
Republican National Committee (U.S.) 4
American Association of University Women 3
Grinnell College 3
Hammond, Johnie (1932-) 3
Iowa. General Assembly 3
Lloyd-Jones, Jean (1929-) 3
National Organization for Women. Iowa 3
National Women's Political Caucus (U.S.) 3
Ray, Robert D. (1928-2018) 3
Smith, Mary Louise (1914-1997) 3
Teaford, Jane (1935-) 3
Adams, Janet (1937-) 2
American Association for the United Nations 2
Anderson, Margaret, 1928- 2
Branstad, Terry E. 2
Chapman, Kathleen "Kay" Halloran (1937-) 2
Clark, Betty Jean, 1920-2005 2
Cohen, Gertrude (1913-2016) 2
Conklin, Charlene, 1929-2022 2
Conlin, Roxanne Barton, 1944- 2
Des Moines Art Center 2
Doderer, Minnette, 1923-2005 2
Drake University 2
Governor Ray's Commission on the Status Of Women (Iowa) 2
Grefe, Mary 2
Griffin, Edna, 1909-2000 2
Gruhn, Josephine, 1927-2015 2
Hannon, Beverly A., 1932- 2
Harper, Patricia (1932-) 2
Iowa ERA Coalition 2
Iowa Suffrage Memorial Commission 2
Iowa Women's Hall of Fame 2
Larsen, Sonja, 1941- 2
League of Women Voters (Des Moines, Iowa) 2
Lipsky, Joan (1919-2015) 2
Martin, Mona Kadel (1934-) 2
Metcalf, Janet, 1935- 2
Miller, Elizabeth R. (Elizabeth Ruby), 1905-1988 2
National Federation of Republican Women 2
National Organization for Women 2
National Organization for Women. Dubuque Chapter 2
National Organization for Women. Johnson County-Iowa City Chapter 2
National Women's Conference (1st : 1977 : Houston, Tex.) 2
Neuhauser, Mary C., 1934- 2
Noun, Louise R. (1908-2002) 2
Older Women's League (U.S.) 2
Orr, Joann, 1923-2017 2
Republican National Convention 2
Shivvers, Vera, 1897-1990 2
Torrence Laughlin, Janis, 1926-2014 (1926-2014) 2
University of Iowa. Libraries. Iowa Women's Archives 2
Zastrow, Katherine Mull Falvey, 1904-1997 2
Algona High School (Algona, Iowa) 1
American Patients Association 1
Anderson, Helen 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
Baxter, Elaine (1933-2021) 1
Beatty, Linda, 1942- 1
Becker, Ruth Salzmann (1922-2007) 1
Becker, Virginia (1918-2009) 1
Benedict Home (Des Moines, Iowa) 1
Berg, Orville 1
Black Hawk County Democratic Women's Organization (Iowa) 1
Black Hawk County Women's Political Caucus (Iowa) 1
Bloom, Amy 1
Bock, Lena Belle, 1904-2007 1
Boyd, Nancy Shimanek, 1947- 1
Brain family 1
Brandt, Diane, 1938- 1
Bridenstine, Jeanne (1923-2019) 1
Brigance, Linda 1
Brown, Paula Watts, 1909-1974 1
Brown, Ralph 1
Bucksbaum, Carolyn, 1929- 1
Buhr, Florence, 1933- 1
Burger, Betty M., 1920-2007 1
Burleson, Jane, 1928- 1
Bush, George, 1924- 1
Campaign to Add Women to the Iowa Constitution 1
Campbell, Bonnie J., 1948- 1
Carl, Janet (1948-) 1
Carpenter, Dorothy, 1933-2011 1
Carter, Lucille Ketchum (1913-2009) 1
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