{"id":1223,"date":"2012-09-25T16:20:25","date_gmt":"2012-09-25T16:20:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/apps.lib.ua.edu\/blogs\/digitalservices\/?p=1223"},"modified":"2012-09-25T16:20:25","modified_gmt":"2012-09-25T16:20:25","slug":"ua-female-athletes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apps.lib.ua.edu\/blogs\/coolathoole\/2012\/09\/25\/ua-female-athletes\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrating our female athletes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last year was a banner year for UA Athletics &#8212; especially because of our world-class <a href=\"http:\/\/cw.ua.edu\/2012\/06\/06\/crimson-tide-womens-sports-dominate-spring\/\">female athletes<\/a>! In celebration of our first national championships in <a href=\"http:\/\/cw.ua.edu\/2012\/06\/07\/alabama-softball-wins-first-womens-college-world-series\/\">softball<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/cw.ua.edu\/2012\/05\/25\/alabama-womens-golf-wins-first-ncaa-championship\/\">women&#8217;s golf<\/a>, as well as back-to-back national titles for <a href=\"http:\/\/sports.cw.ua.edu\/2012\/04\/21\/crimson-tide-wins-its-sixth-national-championship-second-in-a-row\/\">gymnastics<\/a>, we take a glimpse into the past to see some of UA&#8217;s women athletes in action&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/purl.lib.ua.edu\/57467\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/acumen.lib.ua.edu\/content\/u0001\/2007001\/0001514\/u0001_2007001_0001514_2048.jpg\" alt=\"women's synchronized swimming\" height=\"70%\" width=\"70%\"><\/a><br \/>\nSynchronized Swimming, c. 1950<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/purl.lib.ua.edu\/45670\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/acumen.lib.ua.edu\/content\/u0001\/1831001\/0000145\/u0001_1831001_0000145_2048.jpg\" alt=\"women's tennis\" height=\"50%\" width=\"50%\"><\/a><br \/>\nTennis, 1963<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/purl.lib.ua.edu\/45671\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/acumen.lib.ua.edu\/content\/u0001\/1831001\/0000146\/u0001_1831001_0000146_2048.jpg\" alt=\"women's volleyball\" height=\"70%\" width=\"70%\"><\/a><br \/>\nVolleyball, 1970s<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/purl.lib.ua.edu\/57474\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/acumen.lib.ua.edu\/content\/u0001\/2007001\/0001521\/u0001_2007001_0001521_2048.jpg\" alt=\"women's golf\" height=\"60%\" width=\"60%\"><\/a><br \/>\nGolf, 1970s<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/purl.lib.ua.edu\/57470\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/acumen.lib.ua.edu\/content\/u0001\/2007001\/0001517\/u0001_2007001_0001517_2048.jpg\" alt=\"women's basketball\" height=\"60%\" width=\"60%\"><\/a><br \/>\nBasketball, 1975<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/purl.lib.ua.edu\/57509\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/acumen.lib.ua.edu\/content\/u0001\/2007001\/0001558\/u0001_2007001_0001558_2048.jpg\" alt=\"women's diving\" height=\"60%\" width=\"60%\"><\/a><br \/>\nDiving, c. 1980<\/p>\n<p>These photographs and more can be found in the <a href=\"http:\/\/purl.lib.ua.edu\/54367\">UA Photo Collection<\/a> and in the <a href=\"http:\/\/purl.lib.ua.edu\/18442\">UA Encyclopedia<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last year was a banner year for UA Athletics &#8212; especially because of our world-class female athletes! 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