Iowa Women's Archives Founders Digital Collection
Title
Iowa Women's Archives Founders Digital Collection
View collection at
http://digital.lib.uiowa.edu/founders
Description
This collection includes photographs and scrapbooks from the papers of Louise Noun (1908-2002) and Mary Louise Smith (1914-1997) . Noun and Smith founded the Iowa Women's Archives , which opened in 1992 . Noun had leadership roles in League of Women Voters , the Iowa Civil Liberties Union , and the Des Moines chapter of the National Organization for Women (NOW) . Smith , a political activist at the state and national levels , became the first woman to chair the Republican National Committee in 1974 . Highlights from the Smith papers include photographs of Smith at National Women's Republican Club events , and speaking at the National Republican Convention in 1976 .
Subject
Women political activists Women social reformers
Place
United States -- Iowa
Featured Women
Noun , Louise ; Smith , Mary Louise
Time Period
1950-1959 1960-1969 1970-1979 1980-1989 1990-1999
Publisher
University of Iowa Libraries
Primary Sources
Clippings Correspondence Photographs Scrapbooks
Format
Still image; Text
Thumbnail caption
Mary Louise Smith as guest speaker at Nassau County fund-raising dinner, Hauppauge, N.Y., June 19, 1975. Iowa Women's Archives. Access full size image: http://digital.lib.uiowa.edu/u?/founders,4625
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