Dorothy Deemer Houghton papers, 1911-1977.

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Dorothy Deemer Houghton papers, 1911-1977.

1911

https://search.lib.uiowa.edu/permalink/f/9i2ftm/01IOWA_ALMA21453594340002771

Papers of Red Oak, Iowa club-woman and Republican party member, active in the Iowa Federation of Women's Clubs, the Iowa State Board of Education, national Republican politics during the Eisenhower era. Largest part of the collection consists of scrapbooks created by Houghton which document her life and activities.

8 linear ft. (10 archives boxes)

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Iowa State Historical Society

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Dorothy Deemer Houghton was born in Red Oak, Iowa in 1890. Her mother was an active club-woman and her father a justice on the Iowa Supreme Court. Houghton graduated from Wellesley College and married Hiram Cole Houghton in 1912. She began her public life as a member of the Monday Federated Women's Club in Red Oak, then became president of the Iowa Federation of Women's Clubs, and also the national leader of the General Federation of Women's Clubs. Houghton served on the Iowa Board of Educatio...

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