Interviews with Iowa women legislators conducted by Suzanne O'Dea Schenken.

Feminist and civil liberties activist from Des Moines, Iowa, who was also an art collector, author, and co-founder of the Louise Noun-Mary Louise Smith Iowa Women's Archives.

Prominent Des Moines families including Irma Mannheimer, her husband Rabbi Eugene Mannheimer of Temple B'nai Jeshurun, and her parents, Rose and Max Shloss—the owners of Lederer and Strauss and Company.

Writer and life-long student who was active in the Sisterhood (Jewish aid society) at the Beth El Jacob Synagogue in Des Moines and Hadassah, a national organization aiding disadvantaged Jews, primarily children.

Member of the Iowa House of Representatives, 1965-1966, and the first Jewish woman elected to the Iowa Legislature.

Professor in instructional design and outreach education at the University of Iowa's College of Education.

9 audiocassettes shelved in audiocassette collection.

Iowa legislator and community activist from Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

Community activist in civic and Jewish organizations in Iowa City, Iowa.

Public servant, feminist activist, and poet from Davenport, Iowa.

Former psychology professor, active in the Unitarian Universalist church, and Jewish, feminist, LGBTQ+, anti-racist activist in Iowa City.

Jewish independent filmmaker raised in Des Moines, Iowa.

Jewish immigrant who fled Nazi-occupied Austria in 1939 and settled in Mount Vernon, Iowa

National educator for the American Zionist Youth Commission during WWII and local Jewish and communnity activist in Sioux City, Iowa.

Nurse and community activist in Iowa City who, as a young Jewish woman, fled Nazi Germany in 1939 and emigrated to the United States.