sex discrimination in sports

"In Ways of Grace he reflects on his experiences and explores those of other sports stars and public figures who have not only overcome adversity, but have used them to unite rather than divide"--Amazon.

Though female athletes are often out of the spotlight, this is an exciting era for women's professional sports. Female tennis players and golfers play in front of a global audience for million dollar prizes. Women's leagues for basketball, hockey, soccer, and other sports are growing all over the world.

Learn about Billie Jean King, the famous tennis player who was instrumental in moving tennis into the modern era for women.

"This story is rooted in the power of sport, but it is not a sports memoir. Yes, Course Correction chronicles one young woman's transformation from a couch potato-in-training into an elite athlete who reached the highest echelon of her sport. In addition, the book offers a persuasive example of the enormous impact of sports participation on the rest of life and validates the power, import, and necessity of Title IX. Just like Ginny, girls everywhere deserve the chance not only to dream of athletic stardom, but to reach for it. Ginny discovered rowing as a freshman at Yale. From her first strokes as a novice, Ginny found herself in a new world. Starting with her first practice, she trained alongside two Olympics-bound rowers. Then a mere handful of months into her freshman year, she participated in the now renowned Title IX naked protest on campus. That event not only forced Yale to provide equal access to sports facilities for its women athletes, but helped mold the future of women's crew programs across the country. Course Correction recounts the physical and psychological barriers Ginny had to confront and overcome to achieve the extraordinary. Taking place against a backdrop of unprecedented cultural change, Ginny's story personalizes the impact of Title IX, demonstrating the life-changing effects of lessons learned in sports far beyond the athletic fields of play. Her journey wends its way to the Olympic podium in 1984, detouring through the 1980 Olympics, which the United States boycotted at then-president Jimmy Carter's insistence, carries her through family tragedy, strengthens her to face her own demons and truths, and ultimately frees her to live her life despite her persistent fear of loss"--.

Text and illustrations look at equality in sports.

Discusses how sports can positively influence the lives of girls during the adolescent years, and features profiles of some of the world's most famous female athletes including Rebecca Lobo, Mia Hamm, Gabrielle Reece, and Jackie Joyner-Kersee.

Provides an overview of the findings and recommendations of the Secretary of Education's Commission on Opportunities in Athletics; assesses the strengths and weaknesses of Title IX; and offers two essays which argue that Title IX has harmed male sports and has not provided equal opportunities to females.

Examines Title IX, the 1972 legislation which mandated that schools receiving federal funds could not discriminate on the basis of gender. and focuses on its effects in schools, politics, sports and the culture as a whole.