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 »
By: Noni Ford, Bicentennial Intern, Class of 2018, Media, Bloomington Listen to the podcast here: Many protests occurred at IU Bloomington in the 1960s, but one in particular helped catalyze a great deal of change for African-Americans on campus and contributed to the development of the Neal Marshall Black Culture Center: the Little… Read more »
By: Brenton Wells, Bicentennial Graduate Assistant, Doctoral Student, History and Philosophy of Science and Medicine, Bloomington Indiana University’s homecoming parade is a longstanding campus tradition. It is difficult to say precisely when the tradition began, as it is not consistently mentioned in early yearbooks or other university publications. The earliest mention appears in a 1908… Read more »
By: Jordan Siden, Bicentennial Intern, Class of 2017, History, Bloomington Decline: 1988-2002 The news was announced in the fall of 1987. After 37 years on the sidelines, women finally won the opportunity to race on bicycles in the inaugural Women’s Little 500. Though the race would comprise just half as many laps as the men’s… Read more »
By: Jordan Siden, Bicentennial Intern, Class of 2017, History, Bloomington Beginnings: 1955 to 1971 “Women Behind the Men Make the Race a Success,” read the headline to Lynn Sproatt’s article in the Indiana Daily Student on April 17, 1955, a little over a month before the fifth running of the annual Little 500.[1] “For weeks… Read more »
By: Jordan Siden, Bicentennial Intern, Class of 2017, History, Bloomington Crisis: 1978 to 1987 The man in the photograph clutches the tricycle between his legs. His open mouth and eyebrows raised in concentration accentuate his round face. Dressed in a polo shirt, short ’70s shorts, and a boyish baseball cap atop curly hair, his wiry… Read more »