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Teachers

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 138 Collections and/or Records:

Ruth Schanke papers

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: IWA0339
Abstract

Des Moines woman who organized a support group for spouses of lesbians and gays in 1994.



Arrangement

One folder, shelved in SCVF.

Dates: 1994-1997

Ruth Scharnau papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0224
Abstract

Teacher and community activist who was a founding member of the Dubuque National Organization for Women.

Dates: 1970-2017

Sarilda Phillips papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0671
Abstract

Mississippi schoolteacher who was forced into retirement in 1956 following desegregation.

Dates: 1913-1986

Shirley A. Briggs papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0197
Abstract

Artist, editor, and naturalist.

Dates: 1840-2008

Sister Gwen Hennessey papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0491
Abstract

Franciscan nun sentanced to six months in federal prison for trespassing at Fort Benning, Georgia.

Dates: 2000-2005

Thomas E. Corkhill Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0060
Abstract

Methodist minister and moving force behind the organization of schools at Eldora and Mitchellville. Included are certificates of Corkhill's appointment of trustee of Iowa Reform School and an account book relating to his expenses as trustee as well as a holograph commonplace book containing the text of a diary of his experience in the Civil War, commissioned by Governor Samuel Kirkwood. This diary also contains poems and clippings. Also included is a CD of a transcription of the diary, plus a commentary on the text of over 150 pages, including background information and photographs.

Dates: 1868-1874

Transcript, September 30, 2022

 Item
Scope and Contents

Audio recording of an interview with Iowa state legislator Sue Cahill about her legislative experience, perspective on the Iowa education system, and views on how gender impacts political representation.

Dates: September 30, 2022

Transcript, December 14, 2019

 Item
Scope and Contents

Transcript of an interview with Iowa state legislator Marcie Frevert about her legislative service, including difficulties she faced as a single mother and duties taken on disproportionately by women representatives.

Dates: December 14, 2019

Transcript, October 31, 2019

 Item
Scope and Contents

Transcript of an interview with Iowa state legislator Patricia Harper about her legislative service, male attitudes toward women in politics, and advice for other women running for office.

Dates: October 31, 2019

University of Iowa Department of Home Economics records

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0720
Abstract

Provided training in a variety of careers including dieticians, extension agents, designers, and homemakers.

Dates: 1913-1991

Velma Skott Teeple memoir

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: IWA0688
Abstract

Childhood memories of an Eastern Iowa teacher, writer, and farmwoman.



Arrangement

One folder, shelved in SCVF.

Dates: 2001

Vera Shepard Cronkhite papers

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: IWA0600
Abstract

Southwest Iowa rural schoolteacher during the 1920s and 1930s. Taught in town schools an additional 20 years.



Arrangement

One folder, shelved in SCVF.

Dates: 1927-2001

Vera Shivvers papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0464
Abstract

Iowa farm woman who was elected to fill her husband's term in the Iowa Senate following his death in 1962.

Dates: 1914-1990

Verna Moulton Spencer papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0145
Abstract

Maquoketa, Iowa, native who owned and operated Spencer's Harmony Hall with her husband from 1912 to 1962.

Dates: 1899-1994

Virginia Myers papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0442
Abstract

Artist, University of Iowa professor, and inventor of the Iowa Foil Printer.

Dates: 1920 - 2017

Wagner Family papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0475
Abstract

Materials from the lives of two sisters, Eva Wagner and Grace Wagner Patten, and one sister-in-law, Alice Nicolet Wagner.

Dates: 1903-1994

Wilda Jean Schobert papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0180
Abstract

Percival, Iowa farm woman and club woman.

Dates: 1840-2000

Zelda Babcock Wolfe papers

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: IWA0239
Abstract

Riceville, Iowa, mother, homemaker, and teacher.



Arrangement

One folder, shelved in SCVF.

Dates: Undated