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Title Women and sport : from myth to reality / with 12 contributors ; [edited by] Carole A. Oglesby
Published Philadelphia : Lea and Febiger ; London : Kimpton, 1978

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 MELB  796.0194 Wom/Was  AVAILABLE
Description xii, 256 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Contents Beliefs about success and failure: attribution and the female athlete / Maureen C. McHugh, Mary E. Duquin and Irene Hanson Frieze -- Feminism for a sporting future / Wilma Scott Heide -- Federal civil rights legislation and sport / Elizabeth R. East -- The ERA and women's sport: an hypothetical trial case / Carol L. Rose -- Women and the sport governance system ; Epilogue: the reality / Carole A. Oglesby
Prologue: the myth / Betty Spears -- Physical parameters used for female exclusion from law enforcement and athletics / Jackie Hudson -- Body image and sex stereotyping / Sharon Mathes -- The masculinity/femininity game: called on account of / Carole A. Oglesby -- The androgynous advantage / Mary E. Duquin -- The apologetic and women in sport / Patricia Del Rey -- Socialization into sport / Susan L. Greendorfer -- Achievement related motives and the woman athlete / Susan Birrell
Notes Includes bibliographies
Bibliography Includes bibliographies
Subject Feminism.
Sports for women.
Sports -- Social aspects.
Women athletes.
Author Oglesby, Carole A.
LC no. 77019255
ISBN 0812106180