This week features photos of women playing golf. According to some, Queen Mary of Scotland was the very first female golfer, playing while she was queen from 1542-1567.1 However, “the first recorded golf tournament for women only occurred on January 9, 1811…in the town of Musselburgh, East Lothian, Scotland for...
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Field Hockey
Women's Recreation Wednesday
This week features photos of women playing field hockey on campus near Memorial Gym. “Hockey is believed to date from the earliest civilizations. The Arabs, Greeks, Persians, and Romans each had their own versions, and traces of a stick game played by the Aztec Indians of South America have been...
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Fencing
Women's Recreation Wednesday
This week, we have photos of women fencing at the
University of Idaho.
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Dance
Women's Recreation Wednesday
![Folk Dance Festival [1]](https://webpages.uidaho.edu/library/spec/harvester/objects/thumbs/69-118_th.jpg)
This week we have photos from the folk-dance festivals that
were held at the University of Idaho in the 1960s, along with photos of women
doing folk dances.
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Bowling
Women's Recreation Wednesday
This week, we have photos of women bowling in the 1960s.
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Basketball
Women's Recreation Wednesday
This week, we have photos of women’s intramural basketball
during the 1930s and 1960s at the University of Idaho.
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Badminton
Women's Recreation Wednesday
This week, we have photos of women playing badminton, likely in the Old Memorial Gym on campus.
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The Hairy Ape
!["The Hairy Ape" play [1]](https://webpages.uidaho.edu/library/spec/harvester/objects/thumbs/PG_2_141_132_7_th.jpg)
The Hairy Ape is a play that explores the existential crisis of Bob “Yank” Smith, who spirals into a complete mental breakdown when he rebels against high society, who he feels undervalues his labor, and his rebellion goes completely unnoticed. After his many efforts to fight back against the social...
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Welcome to Women's Recreation Wednesday!
Welcome to our new series, Women’s Recreation
Wednesday! This series will feature photos from the University of Idaho Women’s
Recreation Association between the 1920s-1960s.
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Oh Dam! series wrap
That’s a wrap on our series, Oh Dam! We hope you learned something about dams in the Pacific Northwest! Stay tuned for our next series, Women’s Recreation Wednesday, beginning on Wednesday!
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