Des Moines (Iowa)
Found in 116 Collections and/or Records:
Neta Andrews papers
New World Collective records
A Des Moines collective which existed between 1972 and 1980. Members lived communally and participated in a variety of progressive actions.
Arrangement
One folder, shelved in SCVF.
Noble Photograph collection
Postcards and photographs of Iowa includes the work of professional women photographers in Iowa.
Oral Histories of Iowa Policewomen
15 interviews and associated materials document the entry of women into Iowa's law enforcement agencies.
Paula Watts Brown papers
Penny Furgerson papers
Native of India who founded the Gateway Dance Theatre, a Des Moines-based company specializing in multiethnic dance.
Phylliss Henry papers
First woman assigned to patrol duty on the Des Moines police force, serving from 1972 to 1982.
Professional Women's League (Des Moines, Iowa) records
Women's club founded in Des Moines in January 1900.
Proteus Club (Des Moines) records
Women's study club organized in 1896 by college graduates for their intellectual improvement.
Redwing Workers Organization (Des Moines, Iowa) records
Des Moines, Iowa libertarian group which traces its roots to a revolutionary group focused on feminist-socialist ideology.
Arrangement
One folder, shelved in SCVF.
Rhonda Penquite papers
Professional basketball player and coach who played for the Iowa Cornets and the New Mexico Energee.
Robert K. Goodwin Papers
U.S. Representative from Iowa and businessman. Correspondence and subject files relating to his political activities with the Republican Party.
Rosemary Sackett papers
Lawyer and justice on Iowa Court of Appeals.
Rowene Danbom papers
Journalist who worked at the International News Service in Des Moines, Iowa during World War II and became its first woman bureau chief.
Roxanne Barton Conlin papers
Attorney and political activist who co-founded the Iowa Women's Political Caucus and was appointed Federal Prosecutor in 1977.
Ruth M. Roland Cowden diary
Transcription of the 1921 diary of a journey by car from Des Moines, Iowa, to Los Angeles, California.
Arrangement
One folder, shelved in SCVF.
Ruth Schanke papers
Des Moines woman who organized a support group for spouses of lesbians and gays in 1994.
Arrangement
One folder, shelved in SCVF.
Sarilda Phillips papers
Mississippi schoolteacher who was forced into retirement in 1956 following desegregation.
Shloss and Mannheimer Families papers
Prominent Des Moines families including Irma Mannheimer, her husband Rabbi Eugene Mannheimer of Temple B'nai Jeshurun, and her parents, Rose and Max Shloss—the owners of Lederer and Strauss and Company.
Sioux County Women's Chorus (Iowa) records
Choral group that was invited to represent Iowa at the New York World's Fair in 1939.
Arrangement
One folder, shelved in SCVF.