Abstract The Aloha Eagles Papers document her long and distinguished career as a state legislator, serving in the N.D. House of Representatives from 1967 to 1985 and her active support of women's issues. She introduced legislation that would have legalized North Dakota's abortion law in 1969 and in 1973 she introduced a resolution in favor of the Equal Rights Amendment.

Abstract The Donna Nalewaja Papers consist primarily of her personal papers related to her successful campaigns for the North Dakota House of Representatives and Senate, along with her unsuccessful campaigns for Lieutenant Governor and U.S. Senator. The collection also contains personal papers relating to her work in the North Dakota Legislature, as well as correspondence, newspaper clippings, and artifacts relating to her political career from 1982 to 1998. The Donna Nalewaja Collection, largely in the...

Abstract Minnie Craig was elected in 1923 to the North Dakota House of Representatives where she served for six terms, culminating in 1933, as the first woman speaker of a House of Representatives in the nation. The Minnie D. Craig Papers consists mainly of her handwritten autobiography and two scrapbooks. The 99 page autobiography is incomplete and ends about 1946. The first scrapbook of newspaper clippings deals with Mrs. Craig’s political career in North Dakota, while the other deals with the Craig...