When Women Stood

Alexandra Allred

doi:10.5771/9781538171356

When Women Stood

The Untold History of Females Who Changed Sports and the World

Published 2023

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doi.org/10.5771/9781538171356
ISBN print: 978-1-5381-7134-9
ISBN online: 978-1-5381-7135-6
Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham

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Zusammenfassung

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 athletes—whether warriors on the battlefield or competitors in the sports arena—has 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.

Schlagworte

Women's Rights Female triad transgender female athletes female athletes feminine ideal

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i–xii Preface i–xii
- Contents
- Merely an Introduction
1–8 One Early Women Warriors to Domesticity 1–8
9–18 Two The Media Image of Women of Enlightenment 9–18
19–26 Three White Women in Sport 19–26
27–38 Four The Women’s Suffrage Movement 27–38
39–52 Five Women of Color and Their Place in the Women’s Movement 39–52
53–62 Six The Importance of Race, Sports, and the Polite Society 53–62
63–76 Seven Women, War, and Their Entry into Sport 63–76
77–94 Eight A League of Their Own 77–94
95–104 Nine The Real History behind Title IX and the Battle of the Sexes 95–104
105–118 Ten Media Relations and the Second-Wave Woman 105–118
119–136 Eleven The Third Wave and the Women of the 1980s and 1990s 119–136
137–150 Twelve Exploitation of the Female Image 137–150
151–170 Thirteen Modern Medicine for the Modern Woman 151–170
171–178 Fourteen The (Recognized) Entry of Lesbians in Sport 171–178
179–194 Fifteen The Closing of the Twentieth Century 179–194
195–204 Sixteen Sports and Abuse 195–204
205–218 Seventeen The Fourth Wave in Sports and Society 205–218
219–236 Eighteen Transgender Female Athletes in Sport 219–236
237–248 Nineteen Title IX in the New Millennium 237–248
249–266 Twenty Game Changers 249–266
267–280 Twenty-One Where to Go from Here? 267–280
281–286 Postscript 281–286
287–328 Notes 287–328
329–330 Acknowledgments 329–330
331–350 Index 331–350
351–352 About the Author 351–352

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