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More than a game : one woman's fight for gender equity in sport / Cynthia Lee A. Pemberton ; with a foreword by Donna de Varona.
Van Pelt Library GV709.18.U6 P46 2002
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Pemberton, Cynthia Lee A., 1958-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Pemberton, Cynthia Lee A., 1958-.
- Pemberton, Cynthia Lee A.
- Linfield College.
- Sports for women--Oregon.
- Sports for women.
- Sex discrimination in sports--Oregon.
- Sex discrimination in sports.
- Sex discrimination in education--Oregon.
- Sex discrimination in education.
- Sex discrimination against women--Oregon.
- Sex discrimination against women.
- Women athletes--Government policy--Oregon.
- Women athletes.
- College sports--Social aspects--Oregon.
- College sports.
- College sports--Social aspects.
- Women athletes--Government policy.
- Oregon.
- Genre:
- Autobiographies.
- Physical Description:
- xx, 309 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Boston : Northeastern University Press, [2002]
- Summary:
- The story of the crusade for gender equity in sport and for compliance with Title IX at a small, liberal arts college in northwest Oregon.
- Contents:
- Prologue: "You don't know how to read?!" xix
- Introduction: My History 3
- 1 "If a fish were an anthropologist ..." 6
- 2 If I'd Only Known Then 17
- 3 The School Year: 1992-93 34
- 4 The Only Person Who Could Help 43
- 5 Making Progress? 51
- 6 Internal Efforts 58
- 7 Coming Together and Falling Apart 62
- 8 Same Place
- Different Day 79
- 9 Moving beyond Paper 87
- 10 Linfieldizing the Plan 94
- 11 Working Hard and Going Nowhere 100
- 12 Breaking Ranks 113
- 13 All Hell Breaks Loose 117
- 14 Taking Action and Taking a Beating 135
- 15 Living a Lawsuit 148
- 16 Pick on Me
- Not the Kids 163
- 17 Tenure and Promotion 166
- 18 Calculated Injustice? 179
- 19 Repercussions 197
- 20 Position Madness 206
- 21 Ups and Downs 217
- 22 Depositions 230
- 23 Business as Usual 246
- 24 Closure? 262
- 25 Getting On with My Life 269
- E-mails about the Faculty Perspectives Series 291
- Stipulation of Dismissal Agreement: Excerpt 295.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- ISBN:
- 1555535259
- 1555535267
- OCLC:
- 48711207
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