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THE RIGHT THING TO DO IBD

DOUG MOE
HENSCHELHAUS PUBLISHING, INC.
03 / 2022
9781595988898
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Sinopsis

áPublished in the 50th anniversary year of the landmark Title IX gender equity legislation becoming law, 'The Right Thing to Do' is both a chronicle of the rise of womenâÇÖs intercollegiate athletics in the United States and a biography of one of the movementâÇÖs leaders, Kit Saunders-Nordeen, the first director of womenâÇÖs athletics at the University of Wisconsin and vice president of the Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (AIAW).ááááááááWhen Kit arrived on the Madison campus for graduate school in 1964, competitive athletics for women was actively discouraged. The longtime director of womenâÇÖs physical education at UW-Madison, Blanche Trilling, had been a national voice in advocating participation, but never competition, for women collegians.ááááááááAcross the next decade, Kit changed hearts and minds, establishing a vibrant non-varsity womenâÇÖs sports program at UW. It took some doing. Funds for travel and uniforms were so scarce the athletes sold Christmas trees and did odd jobs to help.ááááááááThe passage of Title IX in 1972 - requiring universities receiving federal funds to not discriminate by gender - provided a boost. Kit was named the UWâÇÖs first director of womenâÇÖs intercollegiate athletics in 1974, signaling varsity status for women. But Title IX was not a panacea. In 1979, seven years after it became law, the UW womenâÇÖs crew famously changed clothes outside menâÇÖs athletic director Elroy HirschâÇÖs office because they still didnâÇÖt have a locker room.ááááááááA short time later, as womenâÇÖs programs continued to grow, the NCAA - having ignored womenâÇÖs athletics for years - moved to usurp the AIAW, resulting in a bitter battle. ááááááááAgainst this backdrop of administrative struggle and intrigue, the young women athletes shined. UW produced celebrated stars like Carie Graves (crew) and Cindy Bremser (track), while earning early national championships in crew and cross-country. The public took notice. In 1990, a womenâÇÖs volleyball match in Madison drew nearly 11,000 fans.ááááááááKit Saunders-Nordeen watched that match from the stands with tears in her eyes. Her story, alongside the larger narrative of women intercollegiate athletes refusing to be denied and emerging triumphant, will stir any reader who cares about sports and fair play - on and off the field.ááááááááAs Judy Sweet, the first woman president of the NCAA, who as a student was mentored by Kit in Madison, writes in the bookâÇÖs foreword: 'We must remain vigilant and ensure that our daughters have the same opportunities and support as our sons.' á

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