Wow! Never realized This!

[MelroseHawkins]

I was looking up some historical info on Iowa women's basketball. The women's team started playing at Iowa in 1974. I would have thought it would have started a couple decades before that. I was born before that! Just surprised me.

 

[uihawk82]

Seriously women didnt get emancipated as early as you think. Des Moines High Schools had zero, nada, no high school girls bball until about 1970 iirc. Not even 6-girl bball. Title IX wasnt passed until 1972 and I just looked up an article that said in 1970 20% of high school girl athletes were in Iowa even though the state had only 1% of the population. But that has all changed.

I graduated from Des Moines Lincoln in 1970 and there was no girls bball, volleyball, track and field, softball , hardly anything. Amazing how long women and girls have been held back in many areas, but not surprising.

 

[ssckelley]

I miss the old 6 on 6 game, it was unique to women's sports and fun to watch.

 

[tweeterhawk]

I miss the old 6 on 6 game, it was unique to women's sports and fun to watch.

Interesting story and video. I wasn’t aware of half of these rules.

An Iowa Tradition: 6-on-6 Women’s Basketball | Museum on Main Street

museumonmainstreet.org

 

[uihawk82]

I miss the old 6 on 6 game, it was unique to women's sports and fun to watch.

Yeah, I know what you mean but at the same time all the lady players needed to showcase their talents at both ends of the court by the mid-70's to get scholarships.

It is just amazing how good of shooters the ladies are. Put the men to shame at the free throw line

 

[ssckelley]

Interesting story and video. I wasn’t aware of half of these rules.

An Iowa Tradition: 6-on-6 Women’s Basketball | Museum on Main Street

museumonmainstreet.org

In gym class we used to play it, very challenging