wa00002. Girls' and Women's Sports
Found in 31 Collections and/or Records:
C. Pauline Spencer papers
An outstanding athlete and the first woman to receive an athletic letter at the University of Iowa. She graduated in 1923.
Catherine Lewis papers
Interviews and field reports prepared by Lewis for the Smithsonian Institution's Festival of American Folklore.
Christine Grant papers
Sports administrator, professor, and gender equity activist.
Ernella Van Horn papers
The second of four generations of women in her family to play basketball in Iowa.
Arrangement
One folder, shelved in SCVF.
Falb Family papers
Primarily newspaper clippings pertaining to girls basketball at Valley High School, West Des Moines, Iowa.
Geraldine Greenlee papers
Received her master's degree from the Department of Physical Education for Women at the State University of Iowa in 1952.
Giving Voice to their Memories: Oral Histories of African American Women in Iowa
Oral history project of the Iowa Women's Archives.
Gladys Miller Ferguson papers
Teacher and high school girls basketball coach from Mechanicsville, Iowa.
Arrangement
One folder, shelved in SCVF.
Gwendolyn Johnson Hein papers
Farmwoman, basketball player on Newhall High School girls state championship team in 1927.
Iowa Cornets records
Professional women's basketball team that played in the Women's Basketball League from 1978-1980.
Jane Christoffer Rubel papers
High school bascketball player who sued the Iowa Girl's High School Athletic Union to be allowed to play on the school team after becoming pregnant.
Janice A. Beran papers
Professor in the College of Education at Iowa State University until her retirement in 1994. Materials relate to the history of sports and particularly the participation of women and African-Americans in Iowa sports.
Julie Goodrich papers
Adel, Iowa native who was an accomplished high school athlete in the 1970s.
Julie Litchfield Tallman papers
High school and college student from Des Moines, Iowa, who was a talented golfer and musician.
Lucille Schlotterback Struve artifact
Basketball jersey, 1927. Iowa farm girl and mother, who was a member of the 1927 Newhall girls' championship basketball team.
Arrangement
One box, shelved in artifacts collection.
Margaret Fox papers
Faculty member in the Department of Physical Education for Women at the State University of Iowa from 1949 to 1980.
Mary Rouse papers
Journalist who worked for the Office of Public Information at the University of Iowa.
Melba Gardemann Olson papers
Benton County, Iowa, farm girl and teacher who played on her high school's basketball championship team in 1927.
Mildred Augustine Wirt Benson papers
Journalist for the Toledo Blade and writer of the first Nancy Drew mysteries and other children's series books; collection includes writings, clippings, scrapbooks, fan mail, photographs, and a typewriter.
Millicent Mary Cuplin papers
Mathematics teacher at East High School in Des Moines who started the school's first ball team.
Arrangement
One folder, shelved in SCVF.