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Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
With the passing of Title IX, a Chicago high school girls' basketball team becomes pioneers as they play for the championship in this sports memoir.
Set against a backdrop of social change during the 1970s, State is a compelling first-person account of what it was like to live through both traditional gender discrimination in sports and the joy of the very first days of equality—or at least the closest that one high school girls'...
Set against a backdrop of social change during the 1970s, State is a compelling first-person account of what it was like to live through both traditional gender discrimination in sports and the joy of the very first days of equality—or at least the closest that one high school girls'...
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Fueled by her years as an elite runner and advocate for women in sports, Lauren Fleshman offers her inspiring personal story and a rallying cry for reform of a sports landscape that is failing young female athletes Lauren Fleshman has grown up in the world of running: one of the most decorated collegiate athletes of all time and a national champion as a pro, she was a major face of women's running for Nike before leaving to shake up the industry...
Author
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
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Description
No chasing! No stretching or straining! And never, ever sweat. These were the rules girls were forced to play by until Title IX passed in 1972. And it was a game-changer.
A celebration of the strength, endurance, and athleticism of women and girls throughout the ages, Girls With Guts! keeps score with examples of women athletes from the late 1800s up through the 1970s, sharing how women refused to take no for an answer, and how finally, they pushed...
Author
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
"Finalist for the 2006 Billie Award in Journalism, Women's Sport Foundation" "Honorable Mention for the 2006 Myers Outstanding Book Award" Welch Suggs is associate director of the Knight Foundation Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics and is also pursuing a Ph.D. in education policy at the University of Georgia. He is the former senior editor for athletics at the Chronicle of Higher Education, and has written about sports for the Kansas City Star...
Author
Language
English
Description
"Not long ago, people believed girls shouldn't play sports. That math and science courses were too difficult for them. That higher education should be left to the men. Nowadays, this may be hard to imagine, but it was only fifty years ago all of this changed with the introduction of the historical civil rights bill Title IX. This is the story about the determined lawmakers, teachers, parents, and athletes that advocated for women all over the country...
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