For Women’s History Month and Health and Wellness Week, the Imperatore Library was fortunate to host author Sue Macy who spoke about women in sports history.
Throughout history, people have formed ill-conceived notions about the ability of women to play sports. Some thought competition was bad for a woman’s state of mind. There were early basketball games where men were not allowed to watch women play because it was thought they should not see females perspire. Ms. Macy spoke with groups of health and wellness classes in grades 6-9 about stories like these and how things have changed over the years. She also spoke about a number of groundbreaking women that broke barriers like Jackie Mitchell who struck out Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig and the members of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League who played during World War II.
Throughout history, people have formed ill-conceived notions about the ability of women to play sports. Some thought competition was bad for a woman’s state of mind. There were early basketball games where men were not allowed to watch women play because it was thought they should not see females perspire. Ms. Macy spoke with groups of health and wellness classes in grades 6-9 about stories like these and how things have changed over the years. She also spoke about a number of groundbreaking women that broke barriers like Jackie Mitchell who struck out Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig and the members of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League who played during World War II.
If you want to read further about other important women in sports, check out the biographies of Ora Mae Washington, Althea Gibson, Toni Stone, Babe Didrikson, Peggy Fleming, and Billie Jean King.
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