Nurse in Sioux City during the first half of the 20th century.

Local chapter of the Iowa Nurses Association.

Project of the Vinton, Iowa, American Association of University Women.

Nurse, abortion rights activist and educator from Fairfield, Iowa.

The Iowa League for Nursing's efforts have included active participation in community planning and action for health care, advocating changes such as home health care. The organization made efforts to assure the continuing supply of nurses by providing them with the educational opportunities to reach their maximum career potential, ability to move into management and leadership positions, and promoting a greater public appreciation of nursing as a profession.

World War I Army nurse from Clayton, Iowa.

Missionary nurse and midwife to Zorzor, Liberia from Sioux City, Iowa.

Scrapbook detailing a woman’s time in nursing school at St. Luke’s Hospital in Davenport, Iowa throughout the 1930s.

Teacher, decorated veteran nurse and pioneer in the field of nursing education, Bacon served as a captain in the U.S. Army Nurse Corps during World War II and participated in the invasion of Normandy.

Nurse and community activist in Iowa City who, as a young Jewish woman, fled Nazi Germany in 1939 and emigrated to the United States.

Public health and visiting nurse who later taught at the University of Iowa College of Nursing.

Postville, Iowa, native who graduated from the University of Iowa School of Nursing in 1940.

Iowa farmwoman of 40 years who later moved to Alaska, where she worked in nursing and lived for the remainder of her life. The collection primarily consists of letters written by DeWitt to family after she moved to Alaska.

State branch of the national organization. The overall purpose of the association has been to promote and improve the professional skills and status of nurses.

Administrative Records, 1904-1989 (boxes 1-18) American Nurses Association, 1928-1989 (boxes 18-24) Committees, 1933-1989 (boxes24-34) Continuing Education, 1955-1989 (boxes 34-36) Conventions, 1904-1989 (boxes 37-44) Districts, 1920-1984 (boxes44-48) Economic Security,1946-1989(boxes 48-57) Iowa League for Nursing,1913-1980 (boxes 57-61 Iowa Organizations, 1926-1989 (boxes 61-68) Membership, 1904-1988 (boxes 68-70) Publications, 1917-1985 (box71) Sections, 1940-1984 (boxes 71-77) Student Nurses Association, 1949-1984 (boxes 77-78) Photographs, 1918-1987 (boxes 78-79) Artifacts, 1981-1988 (box 80) Audiotapes, 1974-1987 (box 81) Oversize, 1916-1987 (box 82 and container 83)