Playing for Equality: Oral Histories of Women Leaders in the Early Years of Title IX - Softcover

LeBlanc, Diane; Swanson, Allys

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1476663009 ISBN 13: 9781476663005

Publisher: McFarland, 2016

Synopsis

The right to participate in sports and competitive athletics is more than an issue of fair play--it's a matter of human rights. In 1972, Title IX of the Education Amendments became law, transforming sports opportunities for girls and women in the U.S.
Based on oral histories, this book chronicles Title IX's impact through the stories of eight women physical educators, coaches, Olympic athletes and administrators. They recall the experience of being female in the mid-20th century, their influential teachers and mentors, and their work to create opportunities.
The eight narratives reveal gender, race and class inequity in higher education and athletics and describe how women leaders worked through sports to make women's rights human rights.

About this title

About the Author:

Diane LeBlanc, professor of interdisciplinary studies at St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minnesota, directs the writing program and teaches writing and gender studies.
Allys Swanson, professor emerita of exercise and sport sciences at Saint Catherine University in St. Paul, Minnesota, conducted 30+ oral histories during her 46-year career. She was the athletic director and tennis coach and has served as chair of the Physical Education and later Exercise and Sport Sciences departments.

Review:

"[A] fascinating look at the lives of the early pioneers...how they navigated, 'without maps or models,' gender and race and sport in the years before Title IX." --Sport in American History

About this edition

• Publisher: McFarland
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 1476663009
• ISBN 13: 9781476663005
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 208