The Iowa Commission on the Status of Women (ICSW) was made a statutory commission in 1972, following several years as a Governor's Commission beginning in 1969. Its purpose was to work to equalize women's opportunities and to promote full participation by women in the economic, political and social life of the state. In 1986, the Commission on the Status of Women became a division of the Department of Human Rights. In 2023, the Department of Human Rights dissolved and became absorbed into the Department of Health and Human Services. In 2024, the ICSW dissolved and became part of the newly formed Human Rights Board.
Some or all of these records are available to search in the Iowa History Collections Catalog
| General Series | Date Span |
|---|---|
Fifty States Project | 1983-1984 |
National Association of Commissions for Women (NACW), Des Moines Convention | 1981 |
Iowa Women (Newsletters) | 1976-1977 |
Reports of Public Hearings and Studies of the Commission | 1972-ca. 1988 |
Womenβs Hall of Fame Files | 1982-1994 |
Write Women Back into History Essays | 1994 |
Equal Rights Amendment (ERA)Series | Date Span |
|---|---|
Equal Rights Amendment, Era Coalition, Administrative Records | No date |
Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) Files | No date |