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When Women Stood
The Untold History of Females Who Changed Sports and the World
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About this book
An unapologetically candid and illuminating history of women and their fight for equality, told through the influential world of sports.
From early Amazons to modern-day athletes, women have been fighting for their rightful place in the world. The history of these female athletesâwhether warriors on the battlefield or competitors in the sports arenaâhas often been neglected, yet it is through sports that women have changed society, gaining entry into education, travel, politics, and more.
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 historians, archeologists, crusaders, and scientists.
Women's sports history cannot be told without also telling the story of the fight for gender and racial equality, economics, medical biases, gay and transgender history, violence, religion, media, abuse, and activism. When Women Stood is the first to go beyond the record books and gold medal counts to truly dig into the vital role women and sports have played in instigating change in society as a whole. And it shows that, despite seemingly unsurmountable odds, the true spirit of the female athlete can never be restrained.
From early Amazons to modern-day athletes, women have been fighting for their rightful place in the world. The history of these female athletesâwhether warriors on the battlefield or competitors in the sports arenaâhas often been neglected, yet it is through sports that women have changed society, gaining entry into education, travel, politics, and more.
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 historians, archeologists, crusaders, and scientists.
Women's sports history cannot be told without also telling the story of the fight for gender and racial equality, economics, medical biases, gay and transgender history, violence, religion, media, abuse, and activism. When Women Stood is the first to go beyond the record books and gold medal counts to truly dig into the vital role women and sports have played in instigating change in society as a whole. And it shows that, despite seemingly unsurmountable odds, the true spirit of the female athlete can never be restrained.
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Table of contents
- Merely an Introduction: To the Most Complicated and Brilliant History of Women in Sport and Society
- Chapterâ1âEarly Women Warriors to Domesticity
- Chapterâ2âThe Media Image of Women of Enlightenment
- Chapterâ3âWhite Women in Sport
- Chapterâ4âThe Womenâs Suffrage Movement : A Step Up to First Base
- Chapterâ5âWomen of Color and Their Place in the Womenâs Movement
- Chapterâ6âThe Importance of Race, Sports, and the Polite Society
- Chapterâ7âWomen, War, and Their Entry into Sport
- Chapterâ8âA League of Their Own
- Chapterâ9âThe Real History behind Title IX and the Battle of the Sexes
- Chapterâ10âMedia Relations and the Second-Wave Woman
- Chapterâ11âThe Third Wave and the Women of the 1980s and 1990s
- Chapterâ12âExploitation of the Female Image
- Chapterâ13âModern Medicine for the Modern Woman
- Chapterâ14âThe (Recognized) Entry of Lesbians in Sport
- Chapterâ15âThe Closing of the Twentieth Century
- Chapterâ16âSports and Abuse
- Chapterâ17âThe Fourth Wave in Sports and Society
- Chapterâ18âTransgender Female Athletes in Sport
- Chapterâ19âTitle IX in the New Millennium
- Chapterâ20âGame Changers
- Chapterâ21âWhere to Go from Here?
- Postscript
- Notes
- Acknowledgments
- About the Author