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Iowa History 101 - On the Court: The History of Iowa High School Girls' Basketball

Thu, Nov 14 2024

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600 E Locust St, Des Moines, IA

Featured, State Historical Society of Iowa, History, Education, Museum

Young women have been playing basketball in Iowa for more than 125 years. What began as community games in the 1890s became a feature of Iowa life every winter as Iowa high school women competed for the state championship.

Thu, Jan 9 2025

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Register to join Cory Haala and learn how a network of left-wing activists and political allies cooperated to win elections in the 1980s and gave rise to national figures like Jesse Jackson.

Thu, Feb 27 2025

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Register to join former State Curator Jerome Thompson as he relates the life of Gwendolyn Fowler the first African American woman to become a registered pharmacist in Iowa, a world traveler, a Foreign Service diplomat to

Upcoming Events

Iowa History 101 - On the Court: The History of Iowa High School Girls' Basketball

Iowa History 101: Tom Harkin, Jesse Jackson, and Iowa's Left Wing Politics of the 1980s

Iowa History 101: Gwendolyn Wilson Fowler: A Woman of Distinction