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Author Schultz, Jaime, author.

Title Women's sports : what everyone needs to know / Jaime Schultz.

Publication Info. New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2018]

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Location Call No. Status
 Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction  796.082 SCHULTZ    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  796.082 SCH    Check Shelf
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  796.082 SCHULTZ    Check Shelf
Description xviii, 243 pages ; 21 cm.
Series What everyone needs to know
What everyone needs to know.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Chapter 1: Why women's sport matters -- Chapter 2: A brief history of women's sports -- Chapter 3: The Influence of Title IX -- Chapter 4: Gender and sport -- Chapter 5: Sexualities and sport -- Chapter 6: Sex segregation -- Chapter 7: The Olympic and Paralympic Games -- Chapter 8: Women, sport, and the media -- Chapter 9: Professional opportunities -- Chapter 10: The sport-health connection -- Chapter 11: Moving on.
Summary "Using historical, contemporary, scholarly, and popular sources, Schultz traces the progress and pitfalls of women's involvement in sport. In the signature question-and-answer format of the What Everyone Needs to Know series, this ... book clarifies misconceptions that dog women's athletics and offers ... context and history to illuminate the struggles and inequalities sportswomen continue to face"--Publisher marketing.
Subject Sports for women.
Sports -- Sex differences.
Sex discrimination in sports.
Women athletes -- Health and hygiene.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Gender Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Women's Studies.
SPORTS & RECREATION.
Sex discrimination in sports. (OCoLC)fst01114442
Sports for women. (OCoLC)fst01130649
Sports -- Sex differences. (OCoLC)fst01130523
Women athletes -- Health and hygiene. (OCoLC)fst01177184
Other Form: Online version: Schultz, Jaime. Women's sports. New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2018 9780190657727 (DLC) 2018000951
ISBN 9780190657703 (paperback ; alkaline paper)
0190657707 (paperback ; alkaline paper)
9780190657710 (hardcover ; alkaline paper)
0190657715 (hardcover ; alkaline paper)
Standard No. 99978258858
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