By: Ellie Kaverman, Bicentennial Graduate Assistant Born in Kentucky in 1899, Jane Fox attended the American College of Physical Education in Chicago before finishing her undergraduate degree at Columbia University in 1927. The same year, she was hired as an instructor in the women’s physical education department at Indiana University Bloomington. Fox, a dancer herself,… Read more »
By: Ellie Kaverman, Bicentennial Graduate Assistant Edna Munro was born Moline, IL in 1892. Munro earned her bachelor’s degree from Columbia University in 1922. After college, Munro was hired as dead of the department of physical education at a YWCA in Harlem, NY.[1] After working at various YWCAs, Munro taught at the State Teachers College… Read more »
By: Ellie Kaverman, Bicentennial Graduate Assistant Born in Salem, MA in 1909, Marjorie Phillips earned her degree from the Sargent School of Physical Education in 1930. The Sargent School was a pioneering institute of physical education.[1] Juliette Maxwell, an early woman in the physical education for women department, was also an alumna. Phillips continued on… Read more »
By: Grace Shymanski, Bicentennial Intern, Class of 2017, French and History Edited by: Ellie Kaverman, Bicentennial Graduate Assistant Aldrich was born in Elmo, MO in 1914 and spent her adolescent years there. She grew up the only child in a household with her parents and grandparents. Aldrich’s father and grandfather owned a lumber business, the… Read more »
By: Ellie Kaverman, Bicentennial Graduate Assistant When Title IX passed in 1972 to prohibit sex discrimination in education programs, it fundamentally shifted the treatment of women in athletics. Before Title IX, women’s athletic teams and participation in sports was frequently overlooked and overshadowed by their male counterparts.[1] All college athletics fundamentally changed after Title IX…. Read more »
If there is ever a time for sheer practicality, it is in the measured planning of books and equipment to meet users’ needs.[1]— Florence McMaster By: Samantha Riley, Bicentennial Intern, Class of 2020, French and Anthropology, IUPUI Edited by: Bre Anne Briskey, Bicentennial Graduate Assistant An individual’s impact can be felt on an institution in… Read more »
By Ellie Kaverman, Bicentennial Graduate Assistant We wish to congratulate the Black students of Indiana University whose persistent struggle for institutional recognition of their unique needs has resulted in the establishment of the Black Culture Center.–Herman Hudson, 1976.[1] The Neal-Marshall Black Culture Center (NMBCC) is the result of several decades of student advocacy at Indiana… Read more »
By: Alexandria Ruschman, Bicentennial Intern, Class of 2021, International Studies and Central Eurasian Studies, IU Bloomington Edited by: Ellie Kaverman and Bre Anne Briskey, Bicentennial Graduate Assistants In 1870, only eight state universities accepted women, including Indiana University. At the time, many women who wanted a higher education faced stigma and criticism. Popular pseudoscience of… Read more »
By: Samantha Riley, Bicentennial Intern, Class of 2020, French and Anthropology, IUPUI Edited by: Bre Anne Briskey, Bicentennial Graduate Assistant “I like to think of the archivist as an hour glass which is preserving the past for the future [of which] the middle is the archivist.”[1]–Jeannette Matthew At IUPUI, the archives connect the school’s present… Read more »
By: Arielle Pare, Bicentennial Intern, Class of 2021, International Studies, French, Bloomington Edited by: Ellie Kaverman and Bre Anne Briskey, Bicentennial Graduate Assistants Policing and justice have always been important topics in American life. Before Martin Luther King Jr. entered the mainstream American narrative in the 1950s through the Civil Rights Movement, academics such as… Read more »