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Audio recording of an interview with Iowa state legislator and lieutenant governor Jo Ann Zimmerman about her public service, the women's legislative caucus, and sexism she experienced in her career.

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Audio recording of an interview with Iowa state legislator Christina Bohannan on a variety of topics, including: her upbringing and experiences as a first-generation college student; her involvement with the University of Iowa Faculty Senate and its vote of no confidence in president Bruce Harreld; her campaign against an incumbent Democrat for the Iowa legislator; her legislative service; and strengths women bring to political office.

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Audio recording of an interview with Iowa state legislator Sarah Trone Garriott about her legislative service, work-life balance, her experiences at the Statehouse during the COVID-19 pandemic, and the role of gender in politics.

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Audio recording of a tribute to Iowa state legislator Betty Jean "BeJe" Clark composed and read by her friend Mary Ellen Miller. The tribute discusses a variety of topics, including: Clark's childhood; her role in opposing the legalization of pari-mutuel betting in Iowa; her mentorship of legislative pages on how to handle sexual harassment from male legislators; the legislative women's caucus; the transition away from six-on-six girls' basketball; her relationships with other women legislators, including Betty Hoffman, Pat Thompson, and Nancy Shimanek; and her Methodist faith.

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Audio recording of a tribute to Iowa state legislator and lieutenant governor Joy Corning composed and read by her friend and fellow legislator Maggie Tinsman; summarizes Corning's personal biography, community service, and political career.

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Audio recording of a tribute to Iowa state legislator Minnette Doderer, composed and delivered by her friend and fellow legislator Johnie Hammond; summarizes Doderer's personal biography, community service, and political career. Topics include the women's legislative caucus, reapportionment, and sexism against women in politics.

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Audio recording of a tribute to Iowa state legislator Minnette Doderer, composed and read by her friend and fellow legislator Jean Lloyd-Jones; summarizes Doderer's personal biography, community service, and political career.

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Audio recording of a tribute to Iowa state legislator JoAnn Orr composed and read by her friend and fellow legislator Janet Carl; summarizes Orr's personal biography, community service, and political career.

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Transcript of an interview with Iowa state legislator Phyllis Thede, which includes discussion of the following topics: Thede's family; her experiences as a Black girl growing up in Chicago and Iowa, including differential experiences of segregation and racism in those respective locales; her analysis of the redistricting and its effects on her final reelection campaign; memories of serving in the legislature during the COVID-19 pandemic; memories of witnessing and being targeted by racist harassment at the legislature or among her constituents; her role in changing Iowa's law regarding insurance reimbursements for chiropractic care; the increasingly partisan character of politics in Iowa and the United States; the founding of the Black caucus in the Iowa legislature; and her Catholic faith.

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Our Rightful Place: Iowa Women in Politics oral history collection dates from 2019-2023 and contains 10.6 GB of digital materials. This collection consists of oral history interviews with 63 women who have served or are currently serving in the Iowa legislature.Series 1 consists of interviews from Phase 1 of the project, which was spearheaded by Jean Lloyd-Jones and the 50/50 in 2020 organization in collaboration with the University of Iowa Libraries. In this phase, many interviews were conducted with sitting legislators at the Capitol on January 14-15, 2020. Jean Lloyd-Jones conducted these interviews herself, while interviews with retired legislators took place in a variety of locations across Iowa and were conducted by Lloyd-Jones and by other members of the 50/50 in 2020 board, Maggie Tinsman, Doris Kelley, Courtney Greene, Christine Louscher, Melissa Gesing, Jane Teaford, and Sally Stutsman. Sara Tate was the videographer for most interviews in phases 1 and 2...

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

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

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Transcript of an interview with Iowa state legislator Elaine Baxter about her legislative service, time as Iowa's secretary of state, and advice for other women running for office.

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Transcript of an interview with Iowa state legislator Liz Bennett about her legislative service, male attitudes toward women in politics, being one of Iowa's first openly LGBTQ+ politicians, and advice for other women running for office.

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Transcript of an interview with Iowa state legislator Deborah Berry about her experiences as an African-American woman in the Iowa legislature, male attitudes toward women in politics, and advice for other women running for office.

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Transcript of an interview with Iowa state legislator Holly Brink about her legislative service and advice for other women running for office.

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Transcript of an interview with Iowa state legislator Timi Brown-Powers about her legislative experience, male attitudes toward women in politics, and advice for other women running for office.

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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.

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Transcript of an interview with Iowa state legislator Janet Carl about her legislative service, the women's caucus in the Iowa legislature, and advice for other women running for office.

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