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Alphabetical List of Collections: E-F
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- EBLEN, CHARLENE "MAC" (1923- )
Papers, 1965-2003. 5 linear inches.
- Homemaker from Wichita, Kansas whose papers consist primarily of journals.
EDGERTON, WANDA (1905-2004)
Papers, 1938-1993. 5 linear inches.
- Occupational therapist who worked in Venezuela, 1940-1942, and at Ohio State University.
EGENES, JOAN VANDER NAALD (1936- )
Papers, 1966-1997. 2.5 linear feet.
- Des Moines-born clubwoman, community leader, businesswoman, and Republican Party activist.
EICHACKER, LOIS H. (1932- )
Papers, 1905-1998 (bulk 1980-1999) and undated. 9 linear inches.
- Fort Madison civic leader and former president of the University of Iowa Alumni Association Board.
EIMEN, MARTHA (1912-1997)
Papers, 1945- 1995 (bulk 1945-1948). 2.5 linear inches.
- Nurse who worked for the Public Health Service and the United Nations in Italy and the Middle East, 1945-1948.
ELLSWORTH, MARY MORTON (1916-2004)
Papers, 1833-2004, 2.25 linear feet.
EMERSON STUDY CLUB (SIOUX CITY, IOWA)
Records, 1966-1997. 2.5 linear inches.
- Women's study club founded in Sioux City in 1892.
EMMA GOLDMAN CLINIC (Iowa City, Iowa)
Records, 1971-2008. 22.5 linear feet.
- Feminist health clinic.
ENGLERT, EDNA RUMMELHART (1902-2005)
Papers, 1987-2005. 0.5 linear inches.
- Iowa City native who was the organist at St. Wenceslaus Church for sixty-five years, retiring at the age of 81.
ENTRE NOUS (IOWA CITY, IOWA)
Records, 1914-1992. 1.1 linear feet.
- Women's drama study club founded in 1914 in Iowa City.
ERA IOWA 1992
Records, 1980-1993 (bulk 1991-1992). 7.5 linear inches.
- Grassroots campaign initiated in Des Moines, Iowa, in 1991 to promote the passage of the Equal Rights Amendment to the Iowa constitution in the 1992 election.
ERA IOWA 1998
- Unprocessed records of the 1998 ERA campaign.
ERICKSON, EVA
- Unprocessed papers.
ETTINGER, ROSE (1877-1909)
Papers, 1880-1929. 1 linear foot.
- Concert singer who toured Europe from 1897 to 1907.
ETTLEMAN, MARGARET BOBBITT (1877-1984)
Papers,
1951-1984. 0.25 linear inches.
- The 1951 memoir describes rural life in nineteenth century Iowa and Indiana.
EVANS, ALPHA (1918 -)
Papers, 1977-2001. 3.5 linear inches.
- Rural middle school teacher who chaired the Iowa committee to revise teacher standards in the 1970s.
EVERETT, BEVERLY GEORGE (1926-2001)
Papers, 1856-2001. 12 linear feet.
- Family farmer, volunteer, and community activist who served on U.S. National Commission for UNESCO and the International Women's Year Commission.
EVERETT, MILDRED FOX
Papers, 1905-1908. 4 items.
- Iowa native who became a homesteader in South Dakota, and later returned to Iowa to raise her five children on a farm.
EVERSMEYER, CORA (1876-1952)
Papers, 1848-1950. 2 linear inches.
- The daughter of a German immigrant who was born and raised on a farm in Lee County, Iowa.
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- FALB FAMILY
Papers, 1959-2003. 3 linear inches
- Primarily newspaper clippings pertaining to girls' basketball at Valley High School, West Des Moines, Iowa.
FARM SAFETY 4 JUST KIDS
Records, 1990-1998. 3 linear inches.
- An organization advocating the prevention of farm-related childhood injuries, health risks and fatalities.
FARNHAM, ALMIRA AMES (1800-1896)
Biographical sketch, undated. 1 item.
- Essay describing the life of Almira Ames Farnham, a pioneer woman from New England who settled near Morley, Iowa in 1859.
FARQUHAR, MARIAN (1917- )
Papers, 1931-1996. 4 linear inches.
- Missionary to the Sudan who spent her childhood in Page County, Iowa, and worked in Africa from the 1940s to 1980s.
FASSBINDER, BARBARA (1951-1994)
Papers, 1950s-1998. 6 linear inches.
- Rural nurse who contracted AIDS on the job and became a national spokeswoman for occupational safety.
FAXON, CHARLOTTE
Diary, 1864-1867. 67 pages.
- Teacher who traveled widely during the Civil War period
FELTON, GERALDENE (1926- )
Papers, 1951-2004. 9 linear inches.
- Professor and former dean of the University of Iowa College of Nursing.
FERGUSON, GLADYS MILLER (1881-1976)
Papers, 1919, 1967, 1978. 6 items.
- Teacher and high school girls' basketball coach from Mechanicsville, Iowa.
FERNS, GRACE (1909-2005 )
Papers, 1987-2002. 0.5 linear inches.
- Memoir and oral history transcript of a rural Iowa school teacher.
FILIPOWSKA, PATRICIA (1924-1993)
Papers, ca 1930-1997 (bulk 1971-1992). 5.9 linear feet.
- Poet and native of Burlington, Iowa.
FIX, BEVERLY BARNES (1919- )
Papers, 1974-2001. 2.5 linear inches.
- Television and radio broadcaster, producer and writer who worked in Iowa and Hollywood in the 1940s.
FLAGSTONE: A PUBLICATION OF THE FG SYNDROME FAMILY ALLIANCE
Newsletters, 1998- .
2.5 linear inches.
FLANAGAN, BARBARA
Papers, 1950, 1973-1991. 2 linear inches.
- Reporter, women's page editor, and columnist for the "Minneapolis Star" and "Tribune" from 1940s until 1988.
FLESNER, EDNA (1904-2004)
Papers, 1925-2000. 2.5 linear inches.
- Biology teacher at Iowa City’s City High School from 1928 to 1967.
FLORA GARDEN CLUB OF MANCHESTER, IOWA
Records, 1949-2002. 8 linear inches.
- The records include notebooks for flower shows, a program planning book, and newspaper articles.
FORD, CASSIE THOMPSON (1889-1966)
Papers, 1937-1996. 8 items.
- Homemaker who farmed with her husband near Central City, Iowa.
FORT MADISON WOMEN’S CLUB
Records, 1957-1995. 1.25 linear feet.
- The club organized in 1957 with the objectives of social enjoyment, community service and intellectual improvement.
FOSTER, GEORGANA FALB (1929- )
Papers, 1939-2002. 2.8 linear feet.
- A participant in the Camp Fire Girls between 1940 and 1954; materials include correspondence, scrapbooks and a memoir.
FOUR Cs of JOHNSON COUNTY
Records,1974-2006. 2.5 linear inches.
- Records of the local Community Coordinated Child Care.
FOWLER, GWENDOLYN WILSON (1907-1997)
Papers, 1905-1996. 5.5 linear feet.
- The first African American woman pharmacist licensed in Iowa and presidential appointee to the United States Foreign Service in the 1950s.
FOX, MARGARET (1912- )
Papers, 1930-2005
- Faculty member in the Department of Physical Education for Women at the State University of Iowa from 1949 to 1980.
FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP FARM BUREAU WOMEN (O’BRIEN COUNTY)
Records, 1956-1993, 5 linear inches.
- Farmwomen’s club organized in 1956.
FREEDOM TOWNSHIP WOMEN'S CLUB
Records, 1923-1998. 1.65 linear feet.
- Social club founded in 1923. Presentations were given on food preservation, nutrition, sewing, and tailoring.
FRIENDLY CIRCLE CLUB (Washington, Iowa)
Records, 1934-2004. 1.25 linear feet.
- A Washington, Iowa women's social club which was founded in 1934.
FRIENDLY NEIGHBORS CLUB (Deep River, Iowa)
Records, 1952-1992. 3 linear inches.
- The club was organized in 1952 as a social and philanthropic forum for local women.
FRIENDLY NEIGHBORS CLUB (Percival, Iowa)
Records, 1935-1995. 7 linear inches.
- Social club organized in April 1935 by farm wives living southeast of Percival, Iowa.
FUHRMEISTER, EMELINE (18xx-- circa 1912)
Four letters, undated.
- Widowed farmwoman who lived at the homes of her various children.
FULLER, RUTH BEARD (1907- )
Papers, 1925-2002. 2.5 linear inches.
- The first female pilot in Appanoose County and active in the local Democratic Party.
FURGERSON, BETTY JEAN (1927- )
Papers, 1944-1995 (bulk 1993-1995). 6 linear feet.
- Teacher, social worker, human rights commission director, and university regent from Waterloo.
FURGERSON, PENNY (1936- )
Papers, 1957-2006. 10 linear inches.
- Native of India who founded the Gateway Dance Theatre, a Des Moines-based company specializing in multiethnic dance.
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