Today we’re celebrating National Girls and Women in Sport Day! Since it was inaugurated in 1987 by a Presidential Proclamation, NGWSD has recognized the on and off-field achievements of female athletes, from girls active in school and community sports to elite international athletes. [side note–if you’re not already following our #WPAscrapbook project about a 1930sContinue reading “National Girls and Women in Sport Day”
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Celebrating Women and Sport
One of our graduate student workers spent last semester processing additions to IWA’s University of Iowa Department of Physical Education for Women collection. The new material included everything from Women as Leaders conference records to faculty publications. But one item in the new material surprised us–a scrapbook from the 1930s with “Work Projects Administration” inscribedContinue reading “Celebrating Women and Sport”
Resourceful students skiing at the Pentacrest
Women’s History Wednesday: Iowa City isn’t exactly prime skiing country, but these resourceful UI students circa 1930s-1940s made do by repurposing the Pentacrest’s west hill in the heart of campus for their winter sports. (Not recommended these days, unless you don’t mind crash-landing into four lanes of traffic.) Female students at the University ofContinue reading “Resourceful students skiing at the Pentacrest”
Leading the Field: Women and Sport at Iowa, Thu, Mar 28 at 4pm
Celebrate Women’s History Month with the Iowa Women’s Archives In collaboration with the UI Council on the Status of Women, IWA will welcome Susan Birrell for a talk and Janet Schlapkohl for a dramatic reading on Thursday, March 28 starting at 4pm in the Iowa Women’s Archives (3rd floor south of the Main Library). UniversityContinue reading “Leading the Field: Women and Sport at Iowa, Thu, Mar 28 at 4pm”