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

"When Women Stood is an unapologetically new sport and social history that unveils the often-overlooked chronicle of women and their fight for equality. From early Amazons and suffragists to modern-day athletes and social influencers, this is an eye-opening history of women told through the alw...

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Main Author: Allred, Alexandra, 1965- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, [2023]
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505 0 |a Introduction -- Early women warriors -- The media image of women of enlightenment -- White women in sport -- Suffragist movement -- Women of color -- The importance of race, sports and the polite society -- Women, war and her 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 80s and 90s -- Exploitation of the female image -- Modern medicine for the modern woman -- Lesbians in sport & society -- The closing of the twentieth century -- Sports & abuse -- The fourth wave of women in sports & society -- Transgender female athletes in sport -- Title IX in the new millennium -- Game changers -- Where do we go from here? -- Postscript regarding the women who participated in this book. 
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