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Alberta Metcalf Kelly papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0176
Abstract

High school English teacher who was active in state and national Democratic Party politics during the 1950s and 1960s.

Dates: 1899-1994

Anabeth Koob Voigts papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0694
Abstract

Materials relate to the efforts of Voigts to obtain the release of her sister, Kathryn Koob, who was held hostage in Iran between 1979 and 1981.

Dates: 1976-1999

Anna Cochrane Lomas papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0053
Abstract

Republican National Committeewoman in the 1950s and 1960s from Red Oak, Iowa.

Dates: 1917-1991

Barbara Fassbinder papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0410
Abstract

Rural nurse who contracted AIDS on the job and became a national spokeswoman for occupational safety.

Dates: 1958-1998

Betty Jean Clark papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0153
Abstract

Iowa legislator from 1976 to 1990.

Dates: 1935-1994

Betty Jean Furgerson papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0111
Abstract

Teacher, social worker, human rights commission director, and university regent from Waterloo.

Dates: 1921-2010

Betty M. Burger papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0792
Abstract

Congressional caseworker from 1967 until 2007.

Dates: 1973-2009

Beverly A. Hannon papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0065
Abstract

Two-term Iowa state senator. Hannon chaired the Human Resources Committee and was instrumental in founding the Iowa Women's Foundation in Iowa City.

Dates: 1968-2015

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

Bonnie J. Campbell papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0368
Abstract

Chair of Iowa's Democratic Party from 1987 to 1991 and first woman to serve as Iowa's Attorney General from 1990 until 1994.

Dates: 1992-1999

Candace Packard Lambie papers

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: IWA0267
Abstract

Officer in local and state chapters of the League of Women Voters and Daughters of the American Revolution.



Arrangement

One folder, shelved in SCVF.

Dates: 1959-1991

Carolyn "Kay" Bucksbaum papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0591
Abstract

Civic activist involved in the Jewish community, the Des Moines symphony, the League of Women Voters, and the Proteus Club.

Dates: 1949-1998

Cecile Cooper papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0006
Abstract

Civil rights worker in Davenport.

Dates: 1964-1998

Charlene Conklin papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0004
Abstract

Member of the Iowa House of Representatives,1967 to 1969, and the Iowa Senate, 1969 to 1973.

Dates: 1954-1981

Christine Grant papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0329
Abstract

Sports administrator, professor, and gender equity activist.

Dates: 1952-2022

Connie McBurney papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0888
Abstract

Journalist and 1996 congressional candidate.

Dates: 1996-2002

Denise O'Brien papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0156
Abstract

Organic farmer and political activist who served as president of National Family Farm Coalition.

Dates: 1964-2007

Dorothy Carpenter papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0278
Abstract

Republican who served in Iowa House of Representatives from 1980 to 1994.

Dates: 1979-1995

Dorothy Schramm papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0183
Abstract

Human rights advocate from Burlington, Iowa who was active in local and international issues, particularly UNA-USA and the League of Women Voters.

Dates: 1938-2006

Edna Griffin papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0443
Abstract

Civil rights activist, later known as the Rosa Parks of Iowa.

Dates: 1948-2004

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American Patients Association 1
Anderson, Margaret, 1928- 1
Anderson, Ruth Bluford, 1921-2013 1
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Attlee, C. R. (Clement Richard), 1883-1967 1
Attlee, Felicity 1
Attlee, Martin 1
Attlee, Violet 1
Becker, Ruth Salzmann, 1922-2007 (1922-2007) 1
Becker, Virginia (1918-2009) 1
Berg, Orville 1
Bock, Lena Belle, 1904-2007 1
Brain family 1
Branstad, Terry E. 1
Bridenstine, Jeanne (1923-2019) 1
Brigance, Linda 1
Brown, Paula Watts, 1909-1974 1
Bucksbaum, Carolyn, 1929- 1
Burger, Betty M., 1920-2007 1
Burleson, Jane, 1928- 1
Bush, George, 1924- 1
Campbell, Bonnie J., 1948- 1
Carpenter, Dorothy, 1933-2011 1
Carter, Lucille Ketchum, 1913- 1
Catholic Interracial Council (Davenport, Iowa) 1
Center for the American Woman and Politics (Eagleton Institute of Politics) 1
Chapman, Kathleen "Kay" Halloran (1937-) 1
Chicago Housing Authority 1
Christian Children's Fund 1
Chrysalis Foundation 1
Clark, Betty Jean, 1920-2005 1
Cochrane, William, 1867-1941 1
Cohen, Gertrude (1913-2016) 1
Collins, Susan 1
Collison, Margaret Davis, 1921-2014 1
Conflict and Civility in Political Discourse Symposium (2011 : University of Iowa) 1
Congressional Club (Washington, D.C.) 1
Conklin, Charlene, 1929-2022 1
Cooper, Cecile, 1900-1997 1
Cosson, George 1
Cosson, Jennifer Riggs, -1943 1
Cothorn, Marguerite, 1909-1998 1
Cruikshank, Rena 1
Daughters of the American Revolution 1
Democratic Party (Iowa). State Central Committee 1
Des Moines Human Rights Commission 1
Des Moines Metro Opera Guild 1
Des Moines Tutoring Center 1
Displaced Homemakers Network 1
Doderer, Minnette, 1923-2005 1
Donovan, Vergene (1924-) 1
Door Opener (Mason City, Iowa) 1
Dubuque Human Rights Commission (Dubuque, Iowa) 1
Dubuque Packing Company 1
Duncan, Bob 1
Egenes, Joan Vander Naald, 1936- 1
Estes, Simon 1
Everett family 1
Everett, Beverly, 1926-2001 1
Falvey, Lawrence A., 1901-1957 1
Fassbinder, Barbara, 1951-1994 1
Florida Women's Consortium 1
Ford, Gerald R., 1913-2006 1
Frederick County Human Relations Commission (Frederick County, Iowa) 1
Fuller, Ruth Beard, 1907-2008 1
Furgerson, Betty Jean, 1927- 1
Gammack, Katy, 1941- 1
Garrity, Margaret 1
Garrity-Sandage Associates, Inc. 1
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