Women and the olympic dream : the continuing struggle for equality, 1896-2021

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    • Kaj, Maria

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Women and the olympic dream : the continuing struggle for equality, 1896-2021

Maria Kaj

McFarland & Company, c2022

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 287-288) and index

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On an April morning in 1896, unemployed single mother Stamata Revithi ran the 40 kilometers from Marathon to Athens, finishing in 5 hours 30 minutes. Barred from the first Olympic marathon, she was determined to prove herself. Through more than a century of Olympic Games history, women athletes who were held back from swimming because long skirts were required, limited to running single-lap races because of fallacies about fragility or forced to endure invasive gender exams competed in spite of endless challenges and denials of their abilities. From Athens 1896 to Tokyo 2020, this history of women's participation in the Olympic Games centers on athletes who overcame entrenched inequity to gain inclusion.

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Table of Contents Acknowledgments Introduction Part I-Gaining Entry One. Refused Admission at the Dawn of the Modern Games (1896) Two. Getting in the Game: The Pioneers (1900-1912) Three. The Road from Alice to Amsterdam (1912-1928) Part II-Taking Four. Let 'Er Fly: Babe Didrikson and Exceptionalism (1930-1932) Five. Pariahs (1932-1936) Six. The Cold War and the Feminine Mystique (1948-1968) Seven. The Other Cold War: Winter Games (1924-1956) Eight. Olympic Gigantism and the Zero-Sum Game (1924-1976) Part III-Fighting for Access Nine. Nationalism and the Rise of the Teams (1964-1976) Ten. Not So Fast: The Tortuous Journey of Title IX (1972-2000) Eleven. See How She Runs: Gender Politics and Racing (1948-1984) Twelve. Them's Fighting Words (1988-2012) Part IV-Being Seen Thirteen. The Camera Changes the Narrative: Gymnasts, Skaters, Racers, Villains (1972-2000) Fourteen. Showing the World (1988-2016) Fifteen. Erasing the Specter of Lesbianism (1896-2016) Sixteen. Femininity Control (1936-...) Afterthoughts: On Visibility Further Reading Appendix: Charts Chapter Notes Bibliography Index

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