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Introduction to the Documents

Document List:

Document One - April 14, 1943 - Letter from Bernardine Smith (State President, League of Women Voters of Iowa, 1943) to National Offices of League of Women Voters

Document Two - April 18, 1943 - From Mrs. Adelyn Kimball Hunt to the Iowa League of Women Voters

Document Three - April 27, 1943 - Letter from Florence Kirlin, Congressional Secretary of National League of Women Voters to Bernardine Smith, President of League of Women Voters of Iowa

Document Four - 1943 - Facts All Women Should Know Regarding the Proposed Equal Rights Amendment to the Constitution. Compiled by Helen G. Irwin, Legislation Chairman of the Iowa Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs and Co-chairman of Publicity Committee. Iowa Division of National Woman's Party.

Document Five - 1943 - National League broadside: "Equal Rights: How Not to Get Them" - issued by League's Committee on the Legal Status of Women

Document Six - November 1, 1944 - National League publication on Legislative Situation of the Equal Rights Amendment as of November 1, 1944

Document Seven - May 1947 - "Are We Doing Our Job?" from National League newsletter, Action, by Lois Van Alstine Holler, Iowa League President from 1944 to 1946

Document Eight - February 17, 1947 - House Resolution 2007 proposing the establishment of a commission on the legal status of women in the United States

Document Nine - April 1, 1947 - Brief for Action from National League offices promoting the passage of HR 2007 (Doc. 8) and the commission on the legal status of women

Document Ten - November 18, 1947 - Letter from Iowa League President, Laura DeGowin, to Iowa Governor Robert D. Blue

Document Eleven - December 1, 1947 - Response to Laura DeGowin's letter of November 18 (Doc. 10) from Iowa Governor Robert Blue

Document Twelve - May 18, 1950 - Statement from Mary Anderson before a subcommittee of the House Committee on Education and Labor

Document Thirteen - 1954 - Are We Measuring Up - In the Ramparts We Build? - Figures on Women in Government in Iowa compiled by Helen Virden, State Chairman, Qualified Women in Policy Making Posts

Document Fourteen - 1955 - Section of National League Program for 1955

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