Posted on August 5, 2020

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]

Posted on July 29, 2020

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]

Posted on July 22, 2020

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]

Posted on July 15, 2020

This week’s photos feature women’s swimming. The 1920s were an important time in women’s history, not only due to women’s suffrage, but because “while women pushed for voting rights, they also fought for equality in physical activities such as swimming. They believed that by showing their athletic side and fighting... [Read More]

Posted on July 8, 2020

This week’s photos feature women playing softball near the University Library and Memorial Gym. Softball developed out of indoor baseball, which was invented in Chicago in 1887.1 “Women’s fast-pitch softball became an official sport of the Summer in 1996 but was dropped in 2012. Still, that hasn’t deterred millions of... [Read More]

Posted on July 1, 2020

This week features photos of the women’s ROTC and Rifle Team. The Rifle Team was established as the first intercollegiate women’s athletic team in 1926.1 Historical Timeline of the University of Idaho ↩ [Read More]

Posted on June 24, 2020

This week’s photos are from Women’s Recreation Association Physical Education classes on campus. If you’re interested in learning more about the history of Physical Education classes for women, there’s a great book titled “Active Bodies: A History of Women’s Physical Education in Twentieth-Century America” by Martha H. Verbrugge! [Read More]

Posted on June 17, 2020

This week’s photos are from a May Day festival held in 1928 on campus. [Read More]

Posted on June 10, 2020

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... [Read More]

Posted on June 3, 2020

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... [Read More]

Posted on May 27, 2020

This week, we have photos of women fencing at the University of Idaho. [Read More]

Posted on May 20, 2020

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. [Read More]

Posted on May 13, 2020

This week, we have photos of women bowling in the 1960s. [Read More]

Posted on May 6, 2020

This week, we have photos of women’s intramural basketball during the 1930s and 1960s at the University of Idaho. [Read More]

Posted on April 29, 2020

This week, we have photos of women playing badminton, likely in the Old Memorial Gym on campus. [Read More]

Posted on April 22, 2020

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. [Read More]