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Today, we are commemorating the 100th anniversary of the passage of the 19th amendment. After a decades long struggle, the women’s suffrage movement saw the United States Congress grant women the right to vote. This momentous moment was a large step towards women’s equality in the country, allowing women to... [Read More]

In 1919, the University of Idaho became the first home west of the Rocky Mountains to the Suffolk breed of sheep thanks to a donation from the English Suffolk Sheep Society. The three ewes and two rams impressed breeders so much that Suffolk importation increased dramatically, and today it’s one... [Read More]

Even in this damaged image, you can see mask fashion hasn’t changed in the last century. Whether you’re going to work, like these people, or heading back to school, don’t forget your mask! [Read More]

This week’s photos feature women skiing! The first ever recorded ski jumping event was performed by a Norwegian woman named Ingrid Olavsdottir Vestby who is said to have “soared 20 feet” in Trysil, Norway in 1862.1 However, it wasn’t until 1990s when women were “first allowed to fully participate in... [Read More]

At 8:15 AM on August 6, 1945 the United States dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan. Justified as a means to end the war in the Pacific, it killed 80,000 people instantly and over 200,000 total. It was followed three days later with another bombing in Nagasaki.  [Read More]

Volleyball was reportedly invented by William G. Morgan in 1895 just four years after the invention of basketball.1 This was how volleyball was introduced - facts and information about the game ↩ [Read More]

Over the last several months we’ve had to remain socially distant from our campus, staggering schedules, limited in our ability to perform reference, and missing our Vandal friends and family. This week we all return fully to campus (with precautions). Most of our Special Collections staff will be back in... [Read More]

Welcome back to another week of Women’s Recreation Wednesday, our series covering the Women’s Recreation Association here at the University of Idaho. [Read More]

This week features photos of women playing tennis. “Today, tennis is a major international sport and a multi-billion dollar industry – and it’s also one of the few sports in which the earning potential of male and female athletes is totally equal.”1 What Women’s Tennis Looked Like Through History ↩ [Read More]