Iowa Women’s History

Women’s Suffrage in Iowa:

The National Women’s History Project identified Amelia Bloomer, Mary Jane Coggeshall, Flora Dunlap, Arabella Babb Mansfield, Mary Newbury Adams, Hortense Butler Heywood, Martha C. Callanan, Anna Bell Lawther, and Mary Atherton Bonney as Suffragists active in Iowa. Perhaps you have information to share about one of these women. If you want to do research, the University of Iowa library holds a large number of digital resources related to women’s suffrage, including information about many women not listed here.

The Iowa Women’s Archives include information from Iowa State University and the Iowa Historical Society in addition to the U. of Iowa. Women’s Suffrage in Iowa link