Description: Boys and girls swim meet, March 1970. Fans watch as young women begin their event. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL07635
Subjects: Sports; Cultural Ohio--Ohio Sports; Swimming; Sports for women; Sports--Ohio--History
Places: Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: A group of men and women posing with tennis rackets, ca. 1880-1889. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00039
Subjects: Sports for women; Cultural Ohio--Ohio Sports
 

Description: This photograph shows nine women posed on a diving board at the Olentangy Park swimming pool, 1925. The amusement park was located on North High Street in Columbus, Ohio, during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03249
Subjects: Sports for women; Cultural Ohio--Ohio Sports; Amusement parks--Ohio; Swimming
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Group photograph of a women's bowling team sponsored by First National Cleaners, 1956. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL07887
Subjects: Sports for women; Cultural Ohio--Popular Culture; Women athletes -- Ohio
 

Description: Archer Maureen Bechdolt Detro of Loveland, Ohio, pictured April 4, 1967. She competed in the Summer Olympic Games in Munchen, Germany, in 1972 and finished 28th in the archery competition. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL07892
Subjects: Women athletes -- Ohio; Sports for women; Olympics; Archers and archery
Places: Loveland (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio); Clermont County (Ohio); Warren County (Ohio)
 

Description: This is a modern contact print made from a glass plate negative depicting Sallie Stem and Esther Clarkson Russell Cooke playing croquet on Gibraltar Island, Ottawa County, Ohio, in the summer of 1886. Sallie was the niece of Gibraltar caretaker Anna McMeens. Esther was the wife of Reverend Henry Cooke and daughter-in-law of prominent businessman Jay Cooke. For many years Gibraltar was the summer home of the Jay Cooke family. Today, the island is owned by The Ohio State University, who maintains the Stone Laboratory, a freshwater research and teaching facility. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL05439
Subjects: Women--Ohio; Multicultural Ohio--Ohio Women; Gibraltar Island (Ohio); Games; Lawns; Sports for women
Places: Gibraltar Island (Ohio); Ottawa County (Ohio)
 

Description: Young Women's Christian Association girls at swimming pool, Akron, Ohio, ca. 1935-1943. The Young Women's Christian Association was originally founded in 1855 in England to offer support and development to young girls leaving rural areas to find jobs in London. During World War II, the Young Women's Christian Association supported women and other refugees. After the War, the organization shifted its focus to empowering women through education, HIV/AIDS awareness, health, overcoming poverty, and human rights for women and children. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00034
Subjects: Sports for women; Multicultural Ohio--Ohio Women; Swimming; Young Women's Christian Association of the U.S.A
Places: Akron (Ohio); Summit County (Ohio)
 

Description: Reverse reads: "Girls' Athletic Assc. Mingo Jct., O. HiSchool. Miller and Son, 436 Market St., Steubenville, Ohio." This is a photograph of the Mingo Junction High School Girls' Athletic Association in Mingo Junction, Ohio. They have a baseball ball and bat, ping pong paddles, basketball, volleyball, badminton shuttlecock and racquets photographed with them. Mingo Junction High School was dedicated in 1930. The 3-story brick building replaced the Central High School which was destroyed by fire in 1917. A new gymnasium was added in 1957. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B13F01_053_001
Subjects: Schools--Ohio--Mingo Junction--History; Badminton (Game); Basketball for girls; Volleyball; Sports for women--United States; Athletic clubs--United States; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project.
Places: Mingo Junction (Ohio); Jefferson County (Ohio)
 

Description: Caption: "W.P.A. Physical Education Class. Toledo, Ohio." The WPA health projects in Toledo included preventative care for the unemployed and tuberculosis and diphtheria immunizations, as well as the construction of health clinics, municipal pools, recreational parks, and school gymnasiums. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B13F12_008_001
Subjects: Physical education and training--Ohio; Gymnasiums; Sports and recreation facilities; Exercise for women; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Toledo (Ohio); Lucas County (Ohio)
 

Description: Reverse reads: "Night softball game. Girl's team playing at Glenview Park on illuminated field. District 4, Cleveland, Ohio. Credit line: Recreation Department, City of Cleveland." This photo depicts a night-time softball game at Glenview Park in Cleveland, Ohio. It appears the pitcher is getting ready to throw the ball. There are hundreds of people watching and surrounding the field. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B13F04_004_001
Subjects: Sports for girls; Softball for women--Pictorial works; Softball fields; Recreation; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project.
Places: Cleveland (Ohio); Cuyahoga County (Ohio)