By Peggy Miller Francke May 10, 2012 The multi-talented sports champion Eleonora Sears died four years before Title IX became …
by Marie Hardin When Title IX became law in 1972, it started a chain of events that have ultimately changed …
by Martha Burk Title IX has been a part of our body of law for 40 years, and it has …
By Cindy Cooper May 5, 2012 In 1892, suffragist and temperance leader Frances Elizabeth Willard had a truly wild idea: …
by Gabrielle Korn I have a question. Who decided that sports – competitive, complicated, labor-intensive, rules-driven – are fun? I don’t …
by Laura Pappano As a blogger and reader of women’s sports blogs, I’ve learned that one subject reliably spurs sharp …
by Molly M. Ginty Gathered in a circle on a rainbow of yoga mats, tucking braids, curls and dreadlocks into …
Featuring the poetry of Kathleen Aguero, Judith Barrington, Carolyn Martin, and Penelope Scambly Schott; Curated by Poetry Co-editor Judith Arcana. …
by Louise Melling April 15, 2012 For nearly two years, legislatures across the country have proposed and passed an unprecedented …
by Ariel Dougherty Forty years ago, at the same time that Title IX was passed by the federal government, Sheila Paige and …
by Mary Lou Greenberg April 10, 2012 When two Barnard college students arrived to escort patients into a New York …
by Lu Bailey This year, my 10 year-old told me that she wanted to try out for the cheerleading squad …
by Rachel Toor Because I never played sports, because I went with my feminist mother to 1970s rallies and women’s …
By Charlotte Taft April 3, 2012 As I write this, I’m not sure whether reproductive rights activists are in a …
by Chané Jones and The Feminist Press An exploration about sports soon reveals that it is about much more than …
by Lindsay Parks Pieper Renée Clarke towered over all of her competitors in the 1976 La Jolla tennis tournament. Aided …
By Ann Rose March 28, 2012 Since 1976 when the Hyde Amendment passed, I’ve been hopelessly annoyed with the pro-choice …
by Risa Isard It’s a Sunday night in June in 2007 and my best friends and I lie on the …
by Alex Channon Sex segregation in sports is so widely accepted that it is hardly ever discussed. But this outdated …
by Jane Schonberger Growing up in the ’70s, I loved watching the Olympics. As an athlete myself, I sat mesmerized …
by Mauricio Espinoza Jordan leaped to grab that ball as if nothing else in the world mattered, the way good …
The Art Perspective provides a visual and audio forum for artists to exhibit their art and present exciting responses to …
By Janna Frieman March 22, 2012 In January, a woman prematurely gave birth to twins in her cell within 24 …
by Tim Grainey The United States women’s national soccer team played to a television audience of 40 million in 1999, …
by Christine Stark I could say soccer saved me, but it wouldn’t be true. I saved myself, as a girl, …
by The Editors The convergence of two events this summer brings excitement and attention to women in sports — the …
by Susan J. Bandy As a former athlete and a graduate student in Sports Studies, I embraced feminism in the …
by Carol Clouse In the surge of Sandy, I sat alone in my home in southeast Pennsylvania, and listened to …
by Andrew D. Linden To watch his daughter, Angela, play quarterback in 2011, former National League Football quarterback Mark Rypien, …
By David Burress March 14, 2012 The right-wing anti-abortion movement’s every argument against abortion has a coherent pro-violent subtext. There …
by Laura A. Shamas The physically talented woman-competitor is an amazing feature of many timeless tales. She runs faster than …
By Sarah Morison March 8, 2012 In August 2009, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton made an unprecedented visit to the …
by Mary W. Quigley On Monday evening, October 29, as super storm Sandy made landfall on Long Island, Laurie Nadel …
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