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IN A FLASH: ÃÛÌÒ¹¤×÷ÊÒ's First Female Athletes

This year's homecoming weekend celebrates our female athletes and 50 years of Title IX, but the ÃÛÌÒ¹¤×÷ÊÒ's history of women's athletics goes back more than 100 years. 

Pictured here are the members of one of four women's intramural basketball teams formed by the Athletics Association of ÃÛÌÒ¹¤×÷ÊÒ Normal College in 1914.

To learn about ÃÛÌÒ¹¤×÷ÊÒ's current Golden Flashes women's basketball team, visit: .

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One of four women's intramural basketball teams at ÃÛÌÒ¹¤×÷ÊÒ in 1914.

POSTED: Tuesday, September 27, 2022 01:18 PM
UPDATED: Wednesday, March 11, 2026 09:53 AM
WRITTEN BY:
Phil B. Soencksen