Ellyn Bartges
Growing up in Hinsdale, Illinois, Ellyn Bartges played in the first Illinois State Girls Basketball Tournaments. After graduating college with a degree in history, Ellyn eventually landed an assistant basketball coach position at the University of North Carolina - Charlotte from 1988 through 1994. After challenging the university about violations of Title IX, Ellyn moved to Macomb, Illinois. While working on her Master's Degree, Ellyn conducted twenty-six oral history interviews with coaches, players, administrators, and referees about the birth of girls' basketball in Illinois and the impact of Title IX.
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The girl’s basketball coach Linda Gollan talks to Ellyn Bartges and Cheryl Gallas, Ellyn’s freshman year. Hinsdale has two high schools -Hinsdale South (Hornets) Darien and Hinsdale Central (Red Devils) My brother Kurt is on the far right.Where:
Hinsdale South High School When:
February, 1975Ownership:
Public domain
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Second Row Seventh from the left.Ellyn Bartges.Where:
Hinsdale HS girl’s tennis team.When:
1974Ownership:
Public domain
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Ellyn Bartges during her sophomore year at Hinsdale HS talking to Cheryl Bormann.Where:
Hinsdale HS When:
1975Ownership:
Narrator's photo
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Bartges sets up for a shot during a game against rival Willowbrook High School Where:
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1975-76 basketball season.Ownership:
Public domain
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Bartges is ready to launch the discus.Where:
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1975Ownership:
Narrator's photo
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Bartges prepares for the shot put event during her sophomore year at Hinsdale HS.Where:
Hinsdale HSWhen:
Spring 1976Ownership:
Public Domain
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Ellyn's father Kent Bartges gets the crowd involved during a Hinsdale South High School basketball game.Where:
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1976-1977 seasonOwnership:
public domain
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Hinsdale girl's basketball team. Bartges is a junior. Back Row (second from Right) Ellyn Bartges.Where:
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1976-1977 Ownership:
public domain
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Bartges watches the basketball action from the bench during her junior year. Where:
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public domain
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Bartges gets ready to fight for a rebound. Number 22 from Joliet West is Cathy Boswell, future Olympian from Illinois State University. I think Boz knew the FT. was good! Where:
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public domain
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Ellyn Bartges during a pre-game warm-up during her junior year at Hinsdale HS. Where:
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public domain
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Ellyn and her teammates celebrate after they thought they had won a game in the state's first ever Girl's Basketball tournament.Where:
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spring of 1977Ownership:
public domain
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Ellyn and her teammates console each other after realizing that they had lost the game, following the referee's decision to wave a last second shot. Where:
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public domain
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Ellyn Bartges gets ready to strike the tennis ball during her senior year. She considered tennis her best individual sport. She was a conference champion in tennis but team sport was basketball. She started all four years in both sports. Where:
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fall of 1977Ownership:
Narrator's photo
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Bartges makes a shot during her senior year on the Hinsdale HS girl’s basketball team. Where:
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public domain
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Kent Bartges leads the Hinsdale fans in a cheer during Ellyn's senior year.Where:
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1978Ownership:
public domain
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Sandra and Kent Bartges escort their daughter onto the floor during Senior night.Where:
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1977-1978 Ownership:
public domain
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Ellyn Bartges and Cheryl Gallas were teammates on the Hinsdale HS Softball team.Where:
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spring of 1978Ownership:
public domain
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Clara R. Lee, Ellyn Bartges' grandmother, is second from the left German Township (Fayette County Pennsylvania) High School girls' basketball team. Clara was in her senior year. The photo shows that women's teams existed long before Title IX (1972).Where:
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1921Ownership:
Narrator's photo
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Ellyn Bartges at the time of her interview.Where:
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December 2009Ownership:
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Ellyn Bartges' sterling silver charm bracelet, as discussed in her interviewWhere:
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