Episode 71: Red Heads, Co-Eds, & Hillbillies (Title IX in Missouri, Part 3)

Episode Description

In this episode, host Sean Rost highlights some of the 1930s and 1940s barnstorming women's basketball teams and players from Missouri, and introduces listeners to Wisconsinite Helen Onson, a former player for several of these teams whose papers and oral history are at the State Historical Society of Missouri.

For a link for the "Out of the Stacks" On Demand program referenced in the episode, check out: https://shsmo.org/on-demand/out-of-the-stacks 

 

Episode Image: Players of the Helen Stephens Olympic Co-Eds basketball team, date unknown [Helen Onson Papers (C4043), SHSMO]

Banner Image: Players of the Helen Stephens Olympic Co-Eds basketball team, date unknown [Helen Onson Papers (C4043), SHSMO]