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The Revolutionary Role of Women in Sports

Maya Howard*, Jason Smith

Since 1938, women have been making trailblazing moves in the world of sports. Babe Zaharias was an Olympic gold medalist who set many world records and founded the Ladies Professional Golf Association. Toni Stone was the first of three women to play full-time professional baseball for the Indianapolis Clowns in the formerly all-male Negro leagues. She was also the first woman to be a regular on an American major-league professional baseball club. Ann Meyers, former basketball player turned sportscaster, excelled in competitions at all levels, including those of high school, college, the Olympics, international competitions, and the professional ranks. Meyers was the first player to represent the United States on the national team while still in high school. Teresa Phillips was one of the rare female sports directors at a school that sponsored football. She was also the head women's basketball coach at TSU and Fisk University, and she coached the Tiger men for one game in 2003, becoming thefirst woman to lead a Division I men's basketball team. Nicole Lynn is an American sports agent who was the first black woman to represent an NFL draft choice. Wilma Rudolph a sprinter from the United States who, after winning the track and field events at the Olympic Games in 1956 and 1960, set a world record and became a global sports legend. The impact of women in sports appears to be substantial but there is still a need for representation. Did you know that there are 60 executives employed by the NBA as a whole? Didyou realize that just thirteen of these CEOs are female? Women have always had to struggle for their position in society throughout history. Over the past century, women have had fewer legal rights and employment possibilities than males. Awoman's primary function has traditionally been to be a wife, followed by motherhood. Women's access to and involvement in the workforce had been constrained before the 1960s. Women in today's society are breaking into the male-dominated sports business in addition to excelling in gaining more education. Women have overcome boundaries in both men and women-dominated sports.