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Alpha Evans papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0605
Abstract

Rural middle school teacher who chaired the Iowa committee to revise teacher standards in the 1970s.

Dates: 1977-2001

Anita Crawford papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0599
Abstract

Buchanan County farmwoman who was active in the Farm Bureau and county historical society.

Dates: 1939-1998

Arlene Morris papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0276
Abstract

Clinical psychologist and University of Iowa alumna who was a member of the Des Moines Know Your Neighbor panel.

Dates: 1946-1996

Barbara Flanagan papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0611
Abstract

Reporter, women's page editor, and columnist for the Minneapolis Star and Tribune from the 1940s until 1988.

Dates: 1950-1991

Barbara M. Calderon papers

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: IWA0247
Abstract

Nursing administrator and first African-American public health nurse in Iowa.



Arrangement

Two folders, shelved in SCVF.

Dates: 1945-1968

Betty Jean Furgerson papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0111
Abstract

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

Dates: 1921-2010

Beverly Everett papers

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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

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

Dorothy Carpenter papers

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Identifier: IWA0278
Abstract

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

Dates: 1979-1995

Dorothy Rubenstein papers

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Identifier: IWA0739
Abstract

Federal Civil Service employee who graduated from the University of Iowa School of Journalism and Communication in 1932.

Dates: 1928-2004

Edna Flesner papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0612
Abstract

Biology teacher at Iowa City City High School from 1928 to 1967.

Dates: 1925-2004

Edna Griffin papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0443
Abstract

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

Dates: 1948-2004

Elaine Szymoniak papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0166
Abstract

Iowa State senator, Des Moines City Council member, and hearing and speech consultant.

Dates: 1974-2004

Eleanor Gildner Hageboeck papers

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Identifier: IWA0460
Abstract

University of Iowa alumna and clubwoman. She wrote a column for the Iowa City Press Citizen during World War II.

Dates: 1929-1993

Elizabeth Anna Gernes papers

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Identifier: IWA0270
Abstract

Educator and Red Cross worker.



Arrangement

Two folders, shelved in SCVF; one audiocassette [AC341] shelved in audiocassette collection.

Dates: 1929-1996

Emma Harvat papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0163
Abstract

First woman mayor of Iowa City, serving from 1922 to 1925.

Dates: 1920-2001

Faith Knowler papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0206
Abstract

Johnson County community activist from the 1970s to 1990s.

Dates: 1936-1995

Gertrude Cohen papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0358
Abstract

Member of the Iowa House of Representatives, 1965-1966, and the first Jewish woman elected to the Iowa Legislature.

Dates: 1964-1991

Gwendolyn Fowler papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0365
Abstract

The first African American woman pharmacist licensed in Iowa and presidential appointee to the United States Foreign Service in the 1950s.

Dates: 1905-1996

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

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Know Your Neighbor (Panel : Des Moines, Iowa) 2
League of Women Voters of Iowa 2
National Women's Conference (1st : 1977 : Houston, Tex.) 2
Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) 2
Veterans Administration Hospital (Iowa City, Iowa) 2
AIDS Coalition of Johnson County (Iowa) 1
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority 1
American Association for the United Nations 1
American Junior Red Cross 1
American National Red Cross 1
Association of Trial Lawyers of America 1
Association of Trial Lawyers of Iowa 1
Audiovisual Education Association of Iowa 1
Becker, Virginia (1918-2009) 1
Berg, Orville 1
Bock, Lena Belle, 1904-2007 1
Bohlmann, Rachel E. 1
Brigance, Linda 1
Buchanan County Farm Bureau (Iowa). Women's Committee 1
Bucksbaum, Carolyn, 1929- 1
Burleson, Jane, 1928- 1
Bush, George, 1924- 1
Calderon, Barbara McDonald, 1915- 1
Call, Leona, 1857-1943 1
Carpenter, Dorothy, 1933-2011 1
Carter, Lucille Ketchum, 1913- 1
Center for the American Woman and Politics (Eagleton Institute of Politics) 1
Central Washington State University 1
Chapman, Kathleen "Kay" Halloran (1937-) 1
Christian Children's Fund 1
City High School (Iowa City, Iowa) 1
Cochran family 1
Cochran, Lee W. (Lee William) 1
Cochran, Lida M. 1
Coffin, Winnie 1
Cohen, Gertrude (1913-2016) 1
Collins, Wilma Belden, 1909- 1
Collison, Margaret Davis, 1921-2014 1
Congressional Club (Washington, D.C.) 1
Cooper, Fannie Wilson 1
Cosson, George 1
Cosson, Jennifer Riggs, -1943 1
Cothorn, Marguerite, 1909-1998 1
Crawford family 1
Crawford, Anita, 1909-1998 1
Davis, Laura Hutchison, 1916-1993 1
Davis, Lloyd L. 1
Des Moines Human Rights Commission 1
Des Moines Metro Opera Guild 1
Des Moines Suffrage Club 1
Displaced Homemakers Network 1
Doderer, Minnette, 1923-2005 1
Door Opener (Mason City, Iowa) 1
Drake College of Pharmacy 1
Duncan, Bob 1
Egenes, Joan Vander Naald, 1936- 1
Eichacker, Lois H. (1932-2018) 1
Evans, Alpha, 1918- 1
Everett family 1
Everett, Beverly, 1926-2001 1
Flanagan, Barbara, 1924- 1
Flesner, Edna, 1904-2004 1
Florida Women's Consortium 1
Ford, Gerald R., 1913-2006 1
Fowler, Gwendolyn Wilson, 1907-1997 1
Frederick County Human Relations Commission (Frederick County, Iowa) 1
Furgerson, Betty Jean, 1927- 1
Garrity, Margaret 1
Garrity-Sandage Associates, Inc. 1
Gernes, Elizabeth Anna, 1907-1996 1
Goldman, June Parker, 1925- 1
Goldman, Louise, 1924-1998 1
Grefe, Mary 1
Greiner family 1
Greiner, Violet, 1916-1991 1
Griffin, Edna, 1909-2000 1
Griffin, Phyllis 1
Gruhn, Josephine, 1927-2015 1
Hageboeck, Eleanor Gildner, 1908- 1
Harvat, Emma, 1870-1949 1
Herring, Patricia, 1944- 1
International Conference of Girl Scouts/Guides (1965 : Acapulco, Mexico) 1
International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement 1
International Women's Year, 1975 1
Iowa Association of Electric Cooperatives 1
Iowa Business Council 1
Iowa Center for AIDS Resources and Education 1
Iowa City Free Medical Clinic 1
Iowa Commission for Senior Citizens 1
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