Date Span: | 1938-2010 |
Creator: | Schmidt, Donna (1921-2011) |
Extent: | 2.00 linear feet. |
Collection Number: | IWA0856 |
Repository: | Iowa Women's Archives |
Summary: | University of Iowa nurse who farmed with her husband in Johnson County, Iowa |
Alternate Extent Statement: Photographs in Box 5
Access: The papers are open for research.
Use: Copyright held by the donor has been transferred to the University of Iowa.
Acquisition: The papers (donor no. 1267) were donated by John Schmidt in 2012.
Preferred Citation: Donna Schmidt papers, Iowa Women’s Archives, The University of Iowa Libraries, Iowa City.
Repository: | Iowa Women's Archives |
Address: | 100 Main Library University of Iowa Libraries Iowa City, IA 52242 |
Phone: | 319-335-5068 |
Curator: | Kären Mason |
Email: | lib-women@uiowa.edu |
Website: | http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/iwa |
Donna Ayers was born in 1921 to Elmer and Helen Ayers in Brandon, Iowa. When she was a young girl her father rented farms throughout eastern Iowa. As a result, the family moved often and Ayers attended schools in more than a dozen districts in Iowa.
Donna Ayers graduated from the University of Iowa with a degree in nursing and worked as a nurse at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics. In addition, she served as a school nurse at the University preschool. In 1944 she married Fred Schmidt, a Johnson County farmer. The couple raised three children and were active in the Lutheran Church. Donna Schmidt died in 2011.
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