wa00015. Rural Women
Found in 179 Collections and/or Records:
Elizabeth Fagan Lynch memoir
Teacher and farmer of Irish descent from Dubuque County, Iowa whose memoir is called, A Trunk and its Chips.
Arrangement
One folder, shelved in SCVF.
Mahaska County Farm Bureau Women's Committee records
Women's division of the local Farm Bureau.
Arrangement
4 folders, shelved in SCVF.
Kate Martinson papers
Journals chronicle the life of an Iowa farm woman including her marriage, childrearing, family farm management, divorce, and remarriage.
Arrangement
Two folders, shelved in SCVF.
Mary Sears McHenry papers
Diary and account book of the bride of a Civil War officer.
Arrangement
One folder, shelved in SCVF.
Amelia McNeill papers
Farm woman who served as secretary of Monona Co. Rural Electrification Association for more than 20 years.
Phoebe Kellum Mericle papers
Early settler in Webster County, Iowa.
Arrangement
One item, shelved in SCVF.
Ruth Perkins Messenger Papers
Reflections on growing up and raising a family in rural Iowa.
Arrangement
One folder, shelved in SCVF.
Ruby Crumley Mitchell diaries
Daily diaries of this Rhodes, Iowa, native.
Florinda Wakefield More papers
Correspondence from friends, family and her husband, the itinerant minister Thomas More.
The Maid Narratives: Oral Histories from the Great Migration to Iowa
Oral history interviews with African American women who worked in domestic service in the South before moving to Iowa.
Charlotte Faxon papers
Teacher who traveled widely during the Civil War period.
Arrangement
One folder, shelved in SCVF.
Mary Bywater Cross papers
A quilt historian and genealogist who collected the papers of several generations of her family’s history in Iowa.
Sylvia Schulte papers
Teacher, military spouse, and Iowa Master Farm Homemaker.
Magdalen Meade papers
Iowa farm woman and political organizer who was active in Roxanne Conlin's gubernatorial campaign in 1982.
Jessie Field Shambaugh papers
Shenandoah, Iowa teacher who became school superintendent for Page County, Iowa. She played a central role in the development of activities for rural youth and is referred to as the 'Mother of 4-H.'
Barbara Fassbinder papers
Rural nurse who contracted AIDS on the job and became a national spokeswoman for occupational safety.
Joan Blundall papers
Social worker who developed support services for rural families during the 1980s farm crisis in Iowa.
Beverly Everett papers
Family farmer, volunteer, and community activist who served on U.S. National Commission for UNESCO and the International Women's Year Commission.
Evelyn Birkby Collection of Radio Homemaker Materials
Cookbooks, newsletters, and other publications of the Radio Homemakers who broadcast over KMA and KFNF in southwest Iowa.