Skip to main content Skip to search results

Showing Collections: 61 - 80 of 112

Leanna Driftmier papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0182
Abstract

Radio homemaker who broadcast the Kitchen Klatter program from the 1920s to the mid-1970s.

Dates: 1954-1991

Lela Powers Briggs papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0043
Abstract

An artist who farmed with her husband near La Porte, Iowa.

Dates: 1892-1992

Lillian Ronk papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0503
Abstract

West Central Iowa farmwoman known locally as 'the flower lady.'

Dates: 1966-2000

Lucy Van Voorhis White papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0074
Abstract

Schoolteacher and farm wife of Dallas County, Iowa.

Dates: 1861-1939

Luella Rynerson Smith papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0861
Abstract

Home extension course, U.S. Department of Agriculture, and other early twentieth century rural organization publications collected by an Iowa farm wife.

Dates: 1884-1989

Mae Atkinson Robinson papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0506
Abstract

Correspondence and diaries of an Iowa farm woman.

Dates: 1898-1954

Magdalen Meade papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0648
Abstract

Iowa farm woman and political organizer who was active in Roxanne Conlin's gubernatorial campaign in 1982.

Dates: 1891-1992

Marcella Henley Smith papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0681
Abstract

Memoir, Confetti, of her life in Albia, Iowa, correspondence, and journals of books read since 1959.

Dates: 1938-2012

Margaret Bobbitt Ettleman papers

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: IWA0711
Abstract

The 1951 memoir describes rural life in nineteenth century Iowa and Indiana.



Arrangement

One folder, shelved in SCVF.

Dates: 1951-1984

Margaret Davis Collison papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0083
Abstract

Member of the Iowa Board of Regents who was also active in Roxanne Conlin's gubernatorial campaign of 1982.

Dates: 1937-1990

Margaret Johnson papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0369
Abstract

Farm woman, teacher, and recipient of the Master Farm Homemaker award in 1970.

Dates: 1929-2001

Margaret Talcott Boedeker papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0401
Abstract

Teacher with Bureau of Indian Affairs, 1941-1963; vocational counselor and tourism advocate.

Dates: 1937-1998

Marie Rumble papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0505
Abstract

A homesteader who lived in Wyoming, Colorado and Washington State.

Dates: 1890-2002

Marjorie Jean Bertalot Block papers

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: IWA0385
Abstract

My Story describes Block's training as a nurse, family life, her employment off and on the farm, and her activities in Benton County, Iowa.



Arrangement

One folder, shelved in SCVF.

Dates: 1942-1998

Marjorie Vandervelde papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0375
Abstract

Photojournalist and writer who lived with Cuna Indians on the San Blas Islands to learn their culture and traditions.

Dates: 1837-2008

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 Johnston Elson papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0730
Abstract

Iowa teacher from Jefferson County who taught in rural schools for forty-four years and was active in the Iowa Federation of Women's Clubs.

Dates: 1928-2004

Mary Sears McHenry papers

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: IWA0423
Abstract

Diary and account book of the bride of a Civil War officer.



Arrangement

One folder, shelved in SCVF.

Dates: 1865-1998

Mavis Stoner papers

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: IWA0428
Abstract

Newspaper articles.



Arrangement

One folder, shelved in SCVF.

Dates: 1918-1998

May Bennett Harshbarger papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0088
Abstract

Schoolteacher from eastern Carroll County, Iowa who managed the family farm after her husband's death in 1926.

Dates: 1898-1993

Filtered By

  • Subject: Women in agriculture X
  • Subject: 20th century X

Filter Results

Additional filters:

Subject
Rural women 111
Archives (groupings) 107
Personal papers 76
Photographs 76
Farm life 55
∨ more
Farmers 51
Families 48
Diaries 46
Rural families 41
Oral histories 39
2001-2010 34
Autobiographies 34
Scrapbooks 34
Homemakers 30
Memoirs 28
Teachers 27
Correspondence 26
Rural girls 26
Women -- Societies and clubs 26
Teaching 23
Women -- 19th century 22
Administrative records 20
Clubs 19
Social participation 17
4-H clubs 12
Cultural artifacts 12
Rural schools 12
Iowa 11
Sound recordings 11
Yearbooks 11
Country life 10
Family papers 10
Speeches 10
Authors 9
Frontier and pioneer life 9
Photograph albums 9
Sewing 9
Women in community organization 9
Women in education 9
Agriculture 8
Community organization 8
Cooking 8
Gardening 8
Journalists 8
Autograph albums 7
Farm management 7
Fayette County (Iowa) 7
Home economics 7
Volunteers 7
Voyages and travels 7
College students 6
Women -- Political activity 6
Women in public life 6
2011-2020 5
Community life 5
Iowa City (Iowa) 5
Marriage 5
Nurses 5
Video recordings 5
Women and War 5
Women in charitable work 5
Women lawyers 5
World War, 1939-1945 5
Community activists 4
Depressions -- 1929 4
Des Moines (Iowa) 4
Medical care 4
Pioneers 4
Stock Market Crash, 1929 4
Women 4
World War, 1914-1918 4
1921-1930 3
1931-1940 3
Basketball for girls 3
Cass County (Iowa) 3
Courtship 3
Family-owned business enterprises 3
Farms 3
Financial records 3
High school students 3
Housekeeping 3
Immigrant families 3
Local history 3
Mahaska County (Iowa) 3
Nineteen twenties 3
Nursing -- Study and teaching (Associate degree) 3
Nursing -- Study and teaching (Graduate) 3
Pacifism 3
Peace 3
Percival (Iowa) 3
Political campaigns 3
Political participation 3
Rural churches 3
Rural conditions 3
Scott County (Iowa) 3
Shenandoah (Iowa) 3
Slides (photographs) 3
Women in journalism 3
+ ∧ less
 
Names
Iowa State Teachers College 4
State University of Iowa 3
Everett family 2
Everett, Beverly, 1926-2001 2
Iowa Mother of the Year 2
∨ more
Iowa Porkettes 2
Iowa State College 2
Monroe Busy Bees (4-H Club : Mahaska County, Iowa) 2
White family 2
White, Stanley V., 1901- 2
World's Columbian Exposition (1893 : Chicago, Ill.) 2
Achttien, Jack, -1924 1
Albia Woman's Club (Albia, Iowa) 1
American Academy of Neurology. Women's Auxiliary 1
American Association of University Women 1
American Legion Auxiliary 1
Angrick, William 1
Anneberg, Dorothy Spencer 1
Anton, Judy 1
Art Institute of Chicago. School 1
Associated Country Women of the World 1
Associated Country Women of the World. Conference 1
Audubon Society of Manchester (Iowa) 1
Baker, Carl (poet) 1
Bartley, Joy Hedges 1
Bayard Women's Club (Iowa) 1
Bell,  Eleanor Nissen, 1925- 1
Best Ever Club (Percival, Iowa) 1
Birkby, Evelyn, 1919 - 2021 1
Birmingham High School (Birmingham, Iowa) 1
Block, Marjorie Bertalot, 1923-2007 1
Bobbitt family 1
Bobbitt, Benjamin Claiborne 1
Bobbitt, Laura Littlefield 1
Bobbitt, Randolph 1
Boedeker family 1
Boedeker, Margaret Talcott 1
Bonham, Catherine 1
Briggs family 1
Briggs, Lela Powers, 1896-1953 1
Browneller, Martha Jean Nicholson, 1920- 1
Browneller, Max 1
Buchanan County Farm Bureau (Iowa). Women's Committee 1
Buckwalter, Elizabeth, 1817-1886 1
Buckwalter, Mary Jane, 1852- 1
Burgess family 1
Burgess, Nellie 1
Burns, Jean I. 1
Bywater, Jessie Cannon 1
Cadena, Juan 1
Cadena, Marta 1
Camp Fire Girls 1
Carney, Lloyd 1
Carney, Velma, 1907-2004 1
Cedar Valley Community Club (Muscatine County, Iowa) 1
Century of Progress International Exposition (1933-1934 : Chicago, Ill.) 1
Chenault, Phyllis, 1923-1967 1
Christen family 1
Christen, Inez, 1906-1999 1
Christensen, Esther, 1895-1987 1
Clampitt, Frank T., 1860-1943 1
Clark, Mary Stuart 1
Cloverleaf Club (Cass County, Iowa) 1
Coggon Ladies' Literary Society (Coggon, Iowa) 1
Collison, Margaret Davis, 1921-2014 1
Conlin, Roxanne Barton, 1944- 1
Crawford family 1
Crawford, Anita, 1909-1998 1
Cripliver family 1
Cronkhite, Vera Shepard, 1906-2003 1
Dallner family 1
Dallner, Pauline Levendahl, 1918- 1
Daughters of Ceres. Walnut Chapter (Walnut, Iowa) 1
Daughters of Ceres. Webster Chapter (Webster, Iowa) 1
Daughters of Mokanna 1
De Cook family 1
De Cook, Besse De Prenger 1
De Cook, Ernest 1
De Cook, Mary Van Zante 1
DeLand family 1
DeLand, Ida Sherman 1
DeLand, Mary Lurene Swope, 1896-1978 1
Democratic Party (Iowa) 1
Depot Museum (Fayette County, Iowa) 1
Des Moines Garden Club 1
Des Moines Ladies Band 1
Des Moines Women's Club 1
Driftmier, Leanna Field, 1886-1976 1
Dubuque Ladies' Literary Association (Dubuque, Iowa) 1
Dykstra family 1
Eckhardt, Lois 1
Eddy, Susan 1
Edgewood Community Center (Iowa Falls, Iowa) 1
Ellen Hanson Mason, 1897- 1
Ellsworth Community College (Iowa Falls, Iowa) 1
Elson, Mary Johnston, 1914-2011 1
Erickson family 1
Ettleman, Margaret Bobbitt, 1877-1984 1
Everett, Esther, 1910-2008 1
Everett, Fred 1
+ ∧ less