Ruth Buxton Sayre papers, 1920-1980.

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Ruth Buxton Sayre papers, 1920-1980.

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The Ruth Sayre collection includes many of her speeches and writings; awards received; notebooks recording her activities with various organizations; personal correspondence; committee reports and conference proceedings; tributes to Sayre by others; scrapbooks and memorabilia from her travels; daily journals and diaries; films and filmstrips related to conferences and travels; a 1960 radio recording honoring Sayre; a 1979 recording of Sayre recounting her personal history; biographical materials; and photographs.

16 linear ft. (32 boxes)

Iowa State Historical Society

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SNAC Resource ID: 7778721

Iowa State Historical Society

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Sayre, Ruth Buxton, 1896-

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Ruth Sayre of Warren County, Iowa earned state, national and international recognition as a spokeswoman on behalf of a better life for rural people, particularly rural women. She was best known for her efforts and positions held with the Farm Bureau and Associated Country Women of the World (ACWW), an organization she helped found. She served as chairman of the Iowa Farm Bureau Women's Committee (1937), Midwest Regional Director of the Associated Women of the American Farm Bureau Federation and ...

Associated Country Women of the World. Conference

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Associated Country Women of the World.

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The Associated Country Women of the World group was organized in June 1933 in Stockholm, Sweden. The object of the group is "to promote and maintain friendly and helpful relations between country women and homemaker associations of all nations, to further the common interests of these groups in the economic, social, and cultural spheres, and to encourage the formation of similar organizations." From the description of Records, 1953-1994. (Iowa State University). WorldCat record id: 4...

American Farm Bureau Federation

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Iowa Farm Bureau Women

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