[PDF.98qs] An Obsession With Rings: How Rowing Became an Olympic Sport for Women in the United States

An Obsession With Rings: How Rowing Became an Olympic Sport for Women in the United States

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 | #715081 in Books |  Joanne Wright Iverson |  2016-04-08 | PDF # 2 | File type: PDF | 184 pages

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||0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.| Women's rowing history|By Barbara M. Wolf|This book is a reminder of how far women have come in only the last few decades to fully participate in national and international sports, and here particularly, the sport of rowing. A lively history of the efforts needed to allow women's rowing to become a recognized Olympic sport.|0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.|About the Author|Joanne Wright Iverson has been rowing since 1959. In 2007, she was inducted into the Women's Collegiate Rowing Hall of Fame for her lifelong contributions to the sport. In 2016, she was inducted into the Nation Rowing Hall of Fame, specifically

Joanne Wright wanted to go the Olympics. An amateur athlete, she had taken up the sport of rowing those long skinny boats and found that she was good at it. She also quickly learned that there were no rowing events for women in the Olympics. Why? Because the governing body for rowing in the United States viewed it as a man s sport and they would not sanction U.S. women to compete in international competitions. When the International Olympic Committee considered the addit...

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