Yesterday, we shared the story of how Kathrine Switzer was nearly pulled out of the Boston Marathon in 1967, which barred women from officially participating for over seventy years until 1972, and the fact that the womens marathon was not a part of the Summer Olympics until 1984. Marathon running, however, is far from the only sport that women have been excluded from in the Olympic Games and the much wider representation of girls and women in sports today is largely due to the efforts of trailblazers and activists such as Switzer. After decades of campaigning, women will have the opportunity to participate in ski jumping for the first time this year. To learn about other winter sports that women were only permitted to compete in decades after men, including several that have only been open to women since the 1990s, check out Huffington Posts overview below. To introduce children and teens to women who made a name for themselves at the Olympics, visit our selection of books about female Olympians at amightygirl/books/general-interest/sports-games?cat=176 For both fictional and biographical stories about girls and women who love sports, visit our Sports & Games section at amightygirl/books/general-interest/sports-games And, to inspire your Mighty Girl with the stories of both real-life and fictional girls and women who pursued their dreams even in the face of gender discrimination, visit our Gender Discrimination section at amightygirl/books/social-issues/prejudice-discrimination?cat=69
Posted on: Sat, 08 Feb 2014 00:16:03 +0000
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