| Time Frame | Artifact Type | Title | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1934-1993 | Video | Iowa Girls 6-on-6 Basketball Emerges in Small Town Iowa | Why couldn’t a farm girl play basketball in the 1920’s? This segment from Iowa PBS’s More Than a Game: 6-on-6 Basketball in Iowa documentary features a sports reporter’s perspective on why girls 6-on-6 basketball thrived in rural Iowa. |
| 1972-1993 | Video | Iowa Girls 6-on-6 Basketball: Title IX Brings Change to Girls High School Sports | “Title IX” is the name of a Federal law established in 1972 that required schools to offer similar educational opportunities to men and women, including sports. This allowed many girls in high schools across the country to participate in sports. |
| 1973-1977 | Video | Iowa Girls 6-on-6 Basketball Memories: Defensive Guard Kim Peters | This segment from Iowa PBS’s More Than a Game: 6-on-6 Basketball in Iowa documentary profiles Kim Peters (guard) and her experience playing defense in this high scoring game. |
| 1954-1993 | Video | Iowa Girls 6-on-6 State Basketball Tournament: A Really Good Show | At the state tournament in Des Moines, there was no guarantee of a good basketball game, no guarantee that you favorite team would get into the playoffs, but there was a guarantee that the tournament would be a really good show. |
| 1952-1953 | Video | Iowa Girls 6-on-6 Basketball Player Stories: Franklin Consolidated High School (1952-1953) | This segment from Iowa PBS’s More Than a Game: 6-on-6 Basketball in Iowa documentary takes a look back at the state tournament in Des Moines from players who were there. |
| 1934-1993 | Video | Rural Iowa Communities Embrace Girls Basketball | Packed gyms and hometown glory, Iowa girls 6-on-6 basketball was a highlight for many small towns in Iowa. This segment from Iowa PBS’s More Than a Game: 6-on-6 Basketball in Iowa documentary includes first-hand accounts from a player and coach. |
| 1934-1993 | Video | Iowa Girls 6-on-6 Basketball Players Tell Their Stories | Girl’s 6-on-6 basketball in rural Iowa became the glue that cemented generations of women in communities and families, alike. It was not uncommon to have five or six generations of women in the same families that played the game during their high school careers. |
| 1940 | Video | Sports Broadcaster Jim Zabel Describes Covering Iowa Girls 6-on-6 Basketball in the 1940s | In this segment from Iowa PBS’s More Than a Game: 6-on-6 Basketball in Iowa documentary, sports broadcaster Jim Zabel describes covering the sport in the 1940s. |
| 1952-1993 | Video | Iowa Girls 6-on-6 Basketball Star Comes from Generations of Players | In rural Iowa you could have several generations of women in the same families that played the game during their high school careers. This segment from Iowa PBS’s More Than a Game: 6-on-6 Basketball in Iowa documentary profiles the family of all-time leading scorer Lynne Lorenzen. |
| 1934-1993 | Video | The Basic Rules of Iowa Girls 6-on-6 Basketball | The game of basketball has been around since 1892. In the early 1900s young girls in rural Iowa began playing the game. |