The club was originally organized by Washington Township women to work on quilting and other handiwork.

Women's study club organized in 1909 in Marion, Iowa.

Farm Bureau women's club that provided education and services organized around farm issues.

Choral group that was invited to represent Iowa at the New York World's Fair in 1939.

One folder, shelved in SCVF.

Marion, Iowa, study club that was founded in 1867.

Reading club organized in 1901.

One folder, shelved in SCVF.

A women's club concerned primarily with philanthropic and social activities.

The club initially met on the second Tuesday of the month for conversation, a program, and refreshments. Later, meetings were held bimonthly and were dedicated to study, roll call, a program, and refreshments.

A social and benevolent women's club initially formed as a Red Cross sewing club during World War I.

Organization connecting women with progressive approaches to agriculture.

Organization that promoted economic equity for women by focusing on educational, legal, and tax issues affecting women.

Members of the Des Moines chapter of WILPF studied government policy on nuclear testing, the draft , the war in Vietnam, and the arms race.  They held informational rallies and demonstrations and maintained a vigorous letter-writing campaign.

This local organization's goal was to, educate, and empower young women in the Greater Des Moines area through counseling and other programs.

Multiethnic group founded in 1981 by women from the University of Iowa.

Des Moines women's club formed in 1897 to promote efficiency in extemporaneous speaking.

Local affiliate of the National Federation of Press Women.

Records from seven women's clubs in West Branch, Iowa.

Organization to promote improvement of conditions and treatment for brain-related disorders.

Study club founded in 1932 to discuss works by Alfred Tennyson; it later expanded its focus to include charitable and community-based activities.

Girls' 4-H club located in Sheridan Township near Eldridge, Scott County, Iowa.

The records arrived in two looseleaf notebooks. Because the notebooks were overly full, newspaper clippings and photographs filed at the end of each notebook were removed and filed in folders.