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Direct linkNuzzo, James L. – Quest, 2020
An influential journal in the history of kinesiology is "Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport (RQES)." In 2005, "RQES" published a historical review in which the authors claimed the first training study in RQES to focus on women was by Wallace in 1975. In the current paper, the author corrects this historical inaccuracy.…
Descriptors: Females, Kinesiology, Bibliometrics, Physical Activities
Download full textElizabeth Sharrow; Ellen Staurowsky; Bridgette Davis – Women's Sports Foundation, 2024
This report explores how has sports participation on teams for girls and women in the United States impacted participants' leadership outcomes in adulthood. It uses a unique, original, multi-cohort, and nationally representative survey of American women and gender-diverse adults (N=2,886) who played sports on teams for girls and women when they…
Descriptors: Females, Athletics, Leadership, Adults
Kaestner, Robert; Xu, Xin – Evaluation Review, 2010
Arguably, the most important school-based intervention to increase physical activity was Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, which led to a 600% increase in girls' sports participation between 1972 and 1978. We studied the effect of this increase in sports participation and athletic opportunities while young on the physical activity and…
Descriptors: Obesity, Body Composition, Athletics, Females
Peer reviewedLanier, Geoff – Journal of Intergroup Relations, 1997
Argues that affirmative action policies have been helpful in integrating women and minorities into the work force and into college athletics. Progress in women's sports should be a model for all minority groups, but affirmative action programs should be strengthened and further integrated into college athletics and the workplace. (SLD)
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, College Athletics, Equal Opportunities (Jobs), Females
Acosta, R. Vivian; Carpenter, Linda Jean – 1992
With the enactment of Title IX in 1972, sports participation by female athletes in intercollegiate sports has generally increased, while leadership positions have decreased. The data summarized in this paper represent 15 years (1977-1992) of information on the status of women in intercollegiate athletics gathered in an on-going national study of…
Descriptors: Athletic Coaches, College Athletics, Data Interpretation, Females
PDF pending restorationCommission on Civil Rights, Washington, DC. – 1980
This publication reviews the history of women and girls in athletics, assesses the current status of female participation in high school and college competitive athletics, and summarizes recent policy interpretations by the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (DHEW) of Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972. The historical review…
Descriptors: Agency Role, Athletics, Federal Legislation, Federal Regulation
