Time Frame Artifact Type Title Description
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.