Iowa Women's Archives
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IOWA WOMEN'S HALL OF FAME

RECORDS, 1975-
2 linear feet

Collection Overview

History

The Iowa Women's Hall of Fame was established by the Iowa Commission on the Status of Women in 1975. The Hall of Fame recognizes Iowa women who have contributed their ideas, talents, and skills to making a significant impact on society. The Iowa Commission, established in 1972, is a state government agency that seeks to assure equality for Iowa women. Each year a five-member selection committee appointed by the Commission receives nominations for the Hall of Fame and selects four inductees. The four inductees are honored at a special ceremony hosted by the governor of Iowa at the State Historical Society in Des Moines.

Scope and Content Note

The Iowa Women's Hall of Fame records date from 1975 to the present and measure 2 linear feet.  They are arranged in three series: Annual Ceremonies and Booklets, Inductees, and Other Nomination Packets.  An alphabetical list of inductees follows the finding aid.

The Annual Ceremonies and Booklets series includes the most current edition of the Iowa Women’s Hall of Fame handbook, which contains a complete listing of all the women who have been inducted into the Hall of Fame with a brief biographical sketch of each.  The handbook also includes updated information on inductees’ activities in the years following their induction.   Also included are programs from induction ceremonies and a few newspaper clippings announcing the names of the women to be inducted.  Information on the winners of the Cristine Wilson Medal for Equality and Justice, which is presented annually to one person at the Hall of Fame induction ceremony, completes the collection.  The first recipient of the Wilson Medal, Governor Robert Ray, received the award in 1982

The Inductees series is organized by year and includes the nomination papers of all the women who have been inducted into the Hall of Fame.  Each woman's nomination papers contain copies of the nomination form (including a list of accomplishments and the name of the person submitting the recommendation), a biographical sketch, and other pertinent information.  Occasionally, recommendation letters, articles and photographs are also included.  Within each folder, the papers are organized alphabetically by the inductee’s last name.

The Other Nomination Packets series is arranged alphabetically.  It includes nomination papers for women who were nominated between 1981 and 1988 but not selected for induction.  Complete nomination files for all women who have been nominated but not inducted into the Hall of Fame are maintained by the Iowa Commission on the Status of Women.

Related Collections

Iowa Commission on the Status of Women

The organization that established and administers the Iowa Women’s Hall of Fame awards.

“Celebrating Iowa Women”

Notebook with information on the Iowa Commission on the Status of Women and the Cristine Wilson Medal of Equality and Justice. The notebook also includes biographical sketches of inductees from 1975 to 1995 and is shelved in the printed works collection. The Iowa Women's Archives holds the papers of several inductees. Researchers should check the list of collections for specific individuals.

Governor Ray’s Commission on the Status of Women

The appointed commission that preceded the Iowa Commission on the Status of Women.

Helen Gunderson photographs

Consists of black and white photographs of the seventy-fifth anniversary of the women’s suffrage celebration parade (Des Moines, Iowa, September 1995) that followed the Iowa Women’s Hall of Fame induction ceremony.

The Iowa Women's Archives holds the papers of several inductees. Researchers shouild check the list of collections for specific individuals.

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Box List

Box 1

Annual Ceremony and booklets

Iowa Women’s Hall of Fame booklet, current edition Cristine Wilson Medal for Equality and Justice, current edition Biographical sketches of inductees, 1975-1993 Programs from ceremonies, 1992-     (scattered) Newspaper clippings, 1992- Fundraising luncheons 1992-    (scattered)

Inductees

1975

Bloomer, Amelia Jenks Miller, Ola Babcock Wittenmyer, Annie

1976

Glaspell, Susan Hillis, Cora Bussey Samuelson, Agnes Sayre, Ruth

1977

Binford, Jessie Shambaugh, Jessie Field Smith, Ida B. Wise Smith, Mary Louise Epperson

1978

Day, Jacqueline Armstrong Houghton, Dorothy Deemer Pendray, Carolyn Campbell Suckow, Ruth

1979

Doderer, Minnette Frerichs Lee, Mabel Odell, Mary Jane Rosenfeld, Louise

1980

Cunningham, Rosa E. Grefe, Mary A. Mansfield, Arabella Williams, Catherine Gail

1981

Adams, Mary Newbury Conlin, Roxanne Barton Garst, Mary Noun, Louise Rosenfield

1982

Anderson, Margaret “Peg” Stair Anderson, Ruth Bluford Hogrefe, Pearl Smith, Jeanne Montgomery

1983

Bedell, Virginia P. Davis, Evelyn K. Scott Everett, Beverly Beth George Hilton, Helen LeBaron

1984

Buchanan, Fannie Rebecca Clarke, Mary Frances, BVM Petersen, Mary Louise Anneburg Sackett, Edith Rose Murphy

1985

Black, Gladys B. Griffin, Edna May Williams Lawther, Anna B. Murray, Alice Van Wert

1986

Cothorn, Marguerite Esters Glanton, Willie Stevenson Parker, Jessie M. Schramm, Dorothy

1987

Davidson, Jolly Ann Horton Fowler, Gwendolyn Wilson Hoover, Lou Henry Walker, Nellie Verne

1988

Edmunds, A. Lillian Lummer, Twila Parker Murphy, Marilyn O. Sullivan, Patricia Clare, RSM

Box 2

1989

Hill, Nancy Maria Sievers, Georgia Anne Rogers Swenson, Ruth Wildman Wilson, Cristine Swanson

1990

Coggeshall, Mary Jane Whitely Fleming, Merle Wilna Furgerson, Betty Jean “BJ” Riley, Glenda Gates

1991

Jones, Mabel Lossing Putnam, Mary Louisa Duncan Staples, Marilyn Elaine Wright-Hauser Tiffany, Lois Hattery

1992

Harper, Virginia Henderson, Helen Brown Rubenstein, Eve Schmoll Welch, Mary Beaumont Dudley

1993

Anderson, Julia Faltinson Eisenhower, Mamie Doud Sudlow, Phebe W. Wanatee, Jean Adeline Morgan

1994

Benson, Milded Wirt Eichacker, Lois Harper Rush, Gertrude E. Durden Villines, Evelyne R. Jobe

1995

Brown, Sue M. Wilson Campos, Mary Esther Domingues Dieken, Gertrude Stevens, Rowena Edson

1996

Le Sueur, Meridel Liffring-Zug Bourret, Joan Louisa Murray, Janette Lindsey Stevenson Wood, Mary E.

1997

Bruner, Charlotte Hughes Johnston Mullen, Margaret “Peg” Savery, Annie Nowlin Webb, Beulah

1998

Aldrich, Bess Streeter Beran, Janice Ann Van Zomeran Cutler, Lynn Germain White, Maude Esther

1999

Berg, Mary Jaylene de Findlay, Rosa Maria Escude Stein, Helen Navran Szymoniak, Elaine Eisfelder

Box 3

2000 (2 folders)

Clark, Betty Jean “Beje” Walker O’Brien, Denise Swain, Adeline Morrison Swanson, Margaret Boeye

2001

Delworth, Ursula Fowle, Phyllis Propp Hughes, Phyllis Josephine Pellegreno, Ann Dearing Holtgren

2002

Campbell, Bonnie Jean Pierce Follon, Sue Ellen Jordan, Alice Yost Ruedy, Shirley

2003

Findley, Diana “Di” L. Francis, May E. Lloyd-Jones, Jean Hall Toomey, Margaret Mary

2004

Corning, Joy Cole Evans, Mary Ann Nash, Ruth Cole Pederson, Sally J.

Box 4

2005

Hammond, Johnie Wright LaBlanc, Brenda Hatwin Schechter, Susan Zimmerman, Jo Ann McIntosh

2006 (2 folders)

Eyerly, Jeannette Hyde Grant, Christine Haston Barr Paul, Dorothy M. Sloss, Margaret

2007 (2 folders)

Gaines, Ruth Ann Harvat, Emma J. Hayden, Ada Wimer, Connie Horton

2008

Axel, Joan Boatwright, Barbara Engle, Hualing Russell, Marilyn

Box 5

Other nomination packets

Andries, Anita M. Tiedt Bateson, Bernice Gregg Bitterly, Virginia Jean Huppe Parkinson Boatwright, Barbara Moorman Boddicker, Arlene Rayman Borgen, Margaret Platt Borschuck, Lo Boyd, Susan Keuhn Bullock, Sandra Lake Choo, Chonghi Clark, Susan V. Holley Clause, Mary Kathryn “Molly” McCosh Conklin, W. Charlene DeWitt Davis, Enid Dygert Cunningham, Marjorie Jean DeLay, Jane Carey Dieleman, Elsie Lucille Graham Dunn, Catherine, BVM Farrell, Carolyn, BVM Fearing, Margery Ocano Forker, Barbara E.

Box 6

Gebhardt, Dixie Cornell Gerst, Marlene Gibson, Viola A. Gitler, Josephine Goldman, Katheryn June Parker Gordon, Patricia Trudell Hallagan, Mary Lawrence, RSM Harmison, Norma J. Kelley Ingels, Caroline Mary Wallace Johnson, Miriam Pyle Johnston, Judith Conlin Keyes, Margaret Naumman Klemm, Virginia Fredregill Lenz, Sister Mary Lewis, Faye Cashatt Lipsky, Joan Miller McGee, Elsie Fenton Merritt, Jacqueline Fitzgerald Molskow, Colleen Lee Connell Nelson, Gladys Christine Chand Neppel-Darrah, Peggy Radell, Neva Ray, Billie Hornberger Robertson, Amy Ross, Virgie Marie Feldman Russell, Marilyn A. Sandison, Charlotte Dallas Allen Schodde, Ann Louise Olsen Scott, Sandra Faye Soper, Joanne Day Tompkins, Jean Beattie Ulassis, Sophia Van Fosson, Theora June Ripley Wier, Jeanne Elizabeth Weissman, Sylvia Sloan Whipple, Alice Zwart, Elizabeth Clarkson (Elizabeth Metcalf)

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