Women's Studies with Renee Schlueter
Library and online information resources for Women's Studies course at Kirkwood Community College
Online Resources: Iowa
- Iowa Commission on the Status of WomenIncludes up-to-date information on the status of women and girls in Iowa,
- Iowa Women's Archives: Topical List of CollectionsIncludes such topics as African American Women, teachers, nurses, farm women, 19th century women, women's sports and many more.
- Women in Iowa Publications ListStatistics and other information on women in Iowa.
- Women's Suffrage in Iowa: Digital CollectionPhotographs, clippings, histories, minutes, programs, speeches and other historic artifacts relating to the women’s suffrage movement in Iowa.
Peggy Whitson - Astronaut (from Mt. Ayr, Iowa)
Featured Iowan: Arabella Mansfield
Belle was the first female lawyer in the United States when she was admitted to the Iowa Bar in 1869. She was born on a farm in Burlington, IA
Biographies of Women with Iowa Connections
- Susan Glaspell(July 1, 1876-July 27, 1948) Author
- Bess Street Aldrich(February 17, 1881–August 3, 1954) Author
- Amelia Jenks Bloomer(May 27, 1818–December 30, 1894) Suffragist
- Carrie Chapman Catt(January 9, 1859–March 9, 1947) Suffragist
- Arabella Babbs Mansfield(May 23, 1846–August 1, 1911) Lawyer
- Mamie Doud Eisenhower(November 14, 1896-November 1, 1979) First Lady
- Ruth Suckow(August 6, 1892–January 23, 1960) Author
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