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Alma Erickson Swanson papers
Swedish farm woman whose three children became academics during the 1930s and 1940s.
Almira Safely Rutledge papers
Amelia McNeill papers
Farm woman who served as secretary of Monona Co. Rural Electrification Association for more than 20 years.
Anita Crawford papers
Buchanan County farmwoman who was active in the Farm Bureau and county historical society.
Arlene Gardner Hall papers
Rural Mt. Ayr, Iowa woman who worked in local homes as a washerwoman and housekeeper.
Augusta Gustafson Swanson papers
Swedish immigrant who moved to Iowa in 1889. (In Swedish with English translations.)
Bertha Hedges papers
A talented seamstress and milliner, Bertha Gotter Hedges was born in Greene County, Iowa, in 1887.
Bess Newcomer papers
Appanoose County farmwoman, columnist, and Farm Bureau officer.
Carrie Lindahl papers
Rural Linn County banker who worked outside of the home from 1910s to 1960s.
Catharine King Herr papers
Farm wife who kept a diary from 1945 until her death in 1978.
Arrangement
One folder, shelved in SCVF.
Clara Steen Skott papers
Free-lance writer, home economics teacher, and civic leader who wrote articles and diaries concerning life in Iowa, China, and Wisconsin.
Della Marie Koppenhaver papers
Two reminiscences of an Iowa woman detailing farm life in the 1920s.
Arrangement
One folder, shelved in SCVF.
Denise O'Brien papers
Organic farmer and political activist who served as president of National Family Farm Coalition.
Donna Schmidt papers
University of Iowa nurse who farmed with her husband in Johnson County, Iowa
Edna Hidlebaugh papers
Prominent Bayard, Iowa clubwoman who helped found the local library.
Elizabeth Buckwalter papers
Diaries of farm and family life written by Elizabeth Buckwalter and her daughter Mary Jane Buckwalter in Scott County, Iowa from 1867-1878.
Elizabeth Wherry papers
Ellen Hanson Mason papers
Diaries chronicle Ellen Hanson Mason's life on the family farm in rural northeast Iowa.
Ellen Mowrer Miller papers
Correspondence of 19th century Iowa woman includes letters from brother in medical school and Civil War and from sister who raised a family and maintained a farm.
Elvira Houston papers
Tama County, Iowa farmwoman who maintained the family account books for nearly fifty years. She ran for city council on the Women's Progressive Ticket in 1942.