When the women of Wahoo’s JFK College took on the Chinese national basketball team, 1973
By David L. Bristow
May 24, 2023
Fifty years ago the women’s basketball team of tiny John F. Kennedy College in Wahoo traveled to China for a series ...
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What We Found
Found at an Estate Sale: A Trophy from the Year Nebraska Banned Girls’ Basketball Tournaments
By David L. Bristow, Editor
Jim Brogden was browsing an estate sale in Acworth, Georgia, when he noticed this beautiful trophy. It tells a story not only of ...
“Girls, if you want to vote…”: fraud, condescension, and voting rights in 1919 Nebraska
Anti-suffragists reacted to Nebraska's 1917 limited suffrage law with a mix of condescension and actual fraud. But it didn't work.
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The Girls of Company Z
An 1890s Omaha photo shows three young women dressed in what look like men’s military cadet uniforms. It was frowned upon for women to be dressed in such a manner, so ...
G.I. Josephine
Editor's note, March 2025: "G.I. Josephine" Ruth Diamond Levinson's army jacket is currently displayed in the "Nebraska Unwrapped" exhibit at the Nebraska History ...
Luna Kellie, Populist Leader and Songwriter
Imagine a farm protest movement strong enough to win statewide elections against both Republicans and Democrats.
It happened in the 1890s. The People’s ...
Bombs Away!
Many plant workers during World War II were female. On March 24, 1942, construction began on the Cornhusker Ordnance Plant near Grand Island. Bombs and cannon shells were produced there throughout World War II.
William Jennings Bryan’s daughter runs the hurdles, circa 1902
Ruth Bryan Owen was a pioneering congresswoman and diplomat who grew up in Lincoln, Nebraska. She was also a noted public speaker and author, and in 1922 became one of ...
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