When women stood : the untold history of females who changed sports and the world

Allred, Alexandra, 1965- author.

Book 2023

"When Women Stood is an eye-opening chronicle of the amazing women who refused to accept the status quo and fought for something better for themselves and for those who would follow. Featuring exclusive insight from athletes such as Jackie Joyner-Kersee, Kathrine Switzer, Nancy Lieberman, Briana Scurry, and Nancy Hogshead-Maker, this book includes the stories of female football players, Olympic athletes, powerlifters, and soccer stars, of histori...

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Sex discrimination in sports History

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ISBN:

9781538171349

Description:

xi, 351 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index

Contents:

Merely an introduction to the most complicated and brilliant history of women in sport and society
Early women warriors to domesticity
The media image of women of enlightenment
White women in sport
The women's suffrage movement : a step up to first base
Women of color and their place in the women's movement
The importance of race, sports, and the polite society
Women, war, and their entry into sport
A league of their own
The real history behind Title IX and the battle of the sexes
Media relations and the second-wave woman
The third wave and the women of the 1980s and 1990s
Exploitation of the female image
Modern medicine for the modern woman
The (recognized) entry of lesbians in sport
The closing of the twentieth century
Sports and abuse
The fourth wave in sports and society
Transgender female athletes in sport
Title IX in the new millennium
Game changers
Where to go from here?
Postscript

LCCN:

2022025379

Control Number:

3231499

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