Girls And Athletics

Author : United States Commission on Civil Rights
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 1980
Category : Discrimination in sports
ISBN : UIUC:30112057259993

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More Hurdles to Clear by United States Commission on Civil Rights Pdf

This publication reviews the history of women and girls in athletics, assesses the current status of female participation in high school and college competitive athletics, and summarizes recent policy interpretations by the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (dhew) of Title ix of the Education Amendments of 1972. The historical review focuses on American attitudes toward female physicality from the Victorian era to the present. Current obstacles to female participation in sports are identified as sex stereotyping of athletics as unfeminine, the idea that females should not engage in strenuous activity, and discrimination in the allocation of resources for sports. The role of Title ix (which prohibits sex discrimination in Federally-assisted education programs) in ameliorating discrimination in athletics is explained. Changes in female participation in competitive athletics since 1970 are described and related to the implementation of Title ix. Participation figures, by sex, are presented separately for high schools, two year colleges, and four year colleges, and are broken down individually for football, baseball/softball, basketball, tennis, and track. Also described are college budget allocations for men's and women's intercollegiate sports. Appended to the report are statistical tables and discussions and regulations concerning DHEW's jurisdiction under Title ix. (Gc).

Author : Greta L. Cohen
Publisher : Human Kinetics Publishers
Page : 508 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : UOM:39015063194578

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Women in Sport by Greta L. Cohen Pdf

This second edition provides a broad-based survey of topics relevant to girls and women's participation in sport. The contributing authors are leading authorities in their respective disciplines. The topics directly relate to courses in women in sport, gender issues, women's studies, sport in American society, and twentieth century "herstory." Anyone interested in the women's sports movement and issues related to women's opportunities for sports participation should find this text a valuable resource.

Author : Rick Eckstein
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 245 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2017-03-09
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781442266292

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How College Athletics Are Hurting Girls' Sports by Rick Eckstein Pdf

More girls are playing sports than ever before—which, on the surface, is great for girls because sports offer positive and empowering fun for young women. In reality, though, few young athletes report “fun” as a reason they play sports. The rates of concussions and repetitive use injuries are on the rise, and kids are encouraged to specialize in a single sport at earlier and earlier ages, spending much of their free time throughout the year dedicated to the pursuit of a single sport at the expense of friends, other activities, and sometimes, health. Alarmed by the stories he heard from young athletes in his classes, sports scholar Rick Eckstein set out to investigate youth sports—why young people are playing them, how they have changed over time, and their impact on kids and families. Through three years of extensive research, including surveys, interviews, and more, Eckstein discovered that college athletics are having an alarming impact on youth sports, particularly for girls. How College Athletics Are Hurting Girls' Sports looks closely at college sports and how they shape the athletic—and personal—landscape for girls and young women. Filled with powerful interview excerpts from women athletes of all ages, as well as coaches, league officials, and others, the book chronicles how college and youth sports have become more commercialized, to the detriment of participants. The book looks at a range of sports, with case studies including soccer, field hockey, ice hockey, figure skating, and Ultimate Frisbee. The author celebrates sports’ potential to have a positive impact on a girl’s life, but he recommends changes in how college and youth athletics are structured to improve the experience of young athletes and to give them their childhood back.

Author : Amy B. Rogers
Publisher : Greenhaven Publishing
Page : 26 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2017-12-30
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781534524224

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Should Girls Play Sports with Boys? by Amy B. Rogers Pdf

Why do boys and girls often play on separate sports teams? Some might argue that biological differences play a part in separating genders on the athletic field. Others might say that sexist mindsets are the main reason for the division of genders in sports. These points of view, along with others, are presented to readers through informative, engaging main text, fact boxes, and graphic organizers. As readers study these different perspectives on the same issue, they develop their own informed opinions and gain a deeper understanding of gender and its role in everyday life.

Author : Jean Zimmerman
Publisher : Main Street Books
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2011-11-23
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9780307808653

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Raising Our Athletic Daughters by Jean Zimmerman Pdf

Now in paperback, the first book to document how participating in sports changes young girls' lives during the difficult years of adolescence. From high-profile women's professional leagues to high-school-level champions, girl athletes are acheiving record breakthroughs. Witness, for example, the first spectacular season of the WNBA, or the celebrated victories of women's teams at the 1996 Olympics. The female athlete is a new media darling especially beloved of today's teenage girls, who are almost as likely to have pictures of Rebecca Lobo, Mia Hamm, or Gabrielle Reece on their walls as posters of Leonardo DiCaprio. So it seems paradoxical that many books and studies attest to a truly sobering picture of girls' lives. With her book Reviving Ophelia, Mary Pipher was only the latest in a string of theorists to describe the dramatic ways in which girls loose self-esteem during the critical years of adolescence, contributing to eating disorders, drug problems, and chronic depression in many young women. In Raising Our Athletic Daughters, journalists Zimmerman and Reavill set out to talk with girls and their parents about how sports can transform girls' lives. Here are firsthand stories from the inner cities and rural playing fields across the nation, offering compelling evidence that participation in athletics makes an extraordinary difference in the lives of young girls, from reducing pregnancy rates and substance abuse to increasing college attendance. Raising Our Athletic Daughters is a clarion call for all those eager to help their children succeed and level the playing field, at last.

Author : Rick Eckstein
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2023-02-08
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781538177587

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How College Athletics Are Hurting Girls' Sports by Rick Eckstein Pdf

Featuring a new preface by the author, this book looks closely at college sports and how they shape the athletic and personal landscape for girls and young women. Filled with interviews from female athletes of all ages, this book chronicles how college and youth sports have become more corporate, to the detriment of participants.

Author : President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports (U.S.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Girls
ISBN : UOM:39015041303770

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Physical Activity & Sport in the Lives of Girls by President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports (U.S.) Pdf

Author : Holly Page
Publisher : InterVarsity Press
Page : 177 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2009-03-15
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780830856640

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God's Girls in Sports by Holly Page Pdf

A book for athletes, parents and coaches that explores controversial and important issues about girls' athletics in today's culture.

Author : President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports (U.S.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 20 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Physical fitness
ISBN : PURD:32754067564728

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President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports Report by President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports (U.S.) Pdf

Author : Myrna Carroll,Claudia Manley
Publisher : The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
Page : 66 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2015-12-15
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781508170433

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Track and Field: Girls Rocking It by Myrna Carroll,Claudia Manley Pdf

This book introduces the influence of Title IX legislation on track and field. It begins with an introduction to all of the different activities in track and field for those just becoming interested in this sport. The book goes on to detail how athletes train and how they need to prepare themselves physically and mentally to participate in the sport. The book ends with a listing of track and field events and the kinds of things readers can expect to see as a participant or an audience member. Photographs illustrate the book and help readers visualize the sport.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 1917
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1127947424

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Girls and Athletics by Anonim Pdf

Author : M. Ann Hall
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 425 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2016-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781442634121

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The Girl and the Game by M. Ann Hall Pdf

In this new edition of her groundbreaking social history The Girl and the Game (2002), M. Ann Hall updates her lively narrative of how women resisted masculine hegemony in Canadian sport and, in turn, how their efforts were opposed and sometimes supported by men. The second edition of The Girl and the Game begins with an important new chapter on aboriginal women and their interaction with early sport and ends with a new chapter on how trends and issues facing contemporary women in Canadian sport have their origins in the past. Other new sections focus on gender and the residential school system, the promotion of women's track and field, the 1928 summer Olympics and the Matchless Six, and aboriginal sportswomen. As in the first edition, Hall introduces her audience to more obscure Canadian female athletes rather than focusing her discussion on household names. The introduction to the new edition has been updated to reflect the content changes in the narrative. To increase appeal to the course market, chapter titles are more descriptive, the text has been revised to include more subsections, and the 52 black and white images are placed throughout the text.

Author : Chloe Dalton
Publisher : Allen & Unwin
Page : 211 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2023-08-15
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781761187179

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Girls Don't Play Sport by Chloe Dalton Pdf

A timely and defiant manifesto unpacking the past, present and future of women's sport, from the Olympic gold medal-winning founder of The [Female] Athlete Project. 'Enthralling'—Ellyse Perry 'A must-read'—Laura Henshaw A brilliant argument in favour of the case for women's sport'—Liz Ellis When Chloe Dalton was eight years old, she would practise her goal kicks in the half-time break of her brothers' rugby matches, all the while telling impressed onlookers: 'Girls don't play rugby.' Sixteen years later, Chloe Dalton won Olympic gold playing rugby sevens for Australia and is now a fixture in the AFLW. In 2020, she started her own news platform, The [Female] Athlete Project, because while she was surrounded by women achieving incredible things in sport, nobody was hearing about them. This book shines a light on the interlinked quagmires of respect, opportunity, representation and pay that continue to stall the progress of women's teams around the world. Girls Don't Play Sport is a fierce manifesto advocating for female athletes at all levels. It explores how we got to this point and asks where we need to go next to embrace the untapped potential of women's sport. 'Captivating, empowering and relatable . . . a must-read.'—Ellie Cole 'Chloe's tireless commitment to sharing female athletes' unique stories and struggles is inspiring.'—Tayla Harris 'For too long, female sport has been undervalued and under-resourced. But the tide is turning, and the message this book presents is clear: ignore us at your own peril.'—Cate Campbell

Author : Maylon Hanold
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2018-03-22
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781440853708

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Women in Sports by Maylon Hanold Pdf

Providing key data, insights, and ways of thinking about women and sports, this book is an excellent resource for high school and undergraduate students as well as for sport organizations serving girls and women. Women are participating in sports in record numbers, and thanks in part to Title IX and a growing interest in women's sports, they're breaking records and achieving remarkable success in sports in every conceivable manner. However, women still struggle for equitable treatment in a variety of sports and face different obstacles than do their male counterparts. How can these issues be solved? Are women in sports being treated fairly? This book provides a comprehensive yet accessible overview of the state of women's participation in sports by referencing both current events and research. Additionally, it offers a breadth of information pertaining to work in sports made available to girls and women. Key aspects include a detailed history of women in sports since 1900 as well as a discussion of current issues surrounding their participation in high school and college athletics, recreational sports, physical activity, and leadership in sports organizations. In particular, the material not only recounts history and analyzes issues but also presents perspectives as to how and why sports continue to be simultaneously a means of empowerment and a conduit for the marginalization of girls and women.

Author : Carole A. Oglesby
Publisher : Lea & Febiger
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1978
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : UCSC:32106007448084

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Women and Sport by Carole A. Oglesby Pdf

Frauensport, Frauen.