Women and sports in the United States a documentary reader / [electronic resource] : Jean O'Reilly and Susan K. Cahn, editors. - Boston : Northeastern University Press, c2007. - xxx, 377 p.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

pt. 1. Pioneering women in sport -- pt. 2. Negotiating masculinity and femininity : the female athlete as oxymoron -- pt. 3. Competing bodies : physiological, biological, and psychological issues -- pt. 4. Building inequality into sport : institutionalized bias -- pt. 5. Sexuality and sport -- pt. 6. The feminine image in sports and sports media -- pt. 7. Law and equity : Title IX and its aftermath.


Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

9781555537876 (electronic bk.)




Sports for women--United States.
Women athletes--United States.


Electronic books.

GV709.18.U6 / O74 2007

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