Adam v. Eve

The story of the Women’s Sport Revolution in the 1960s and 1970s is really two stories—it is the story of women pushing for access in the American sports world; and it is the story of many men opposing their participation and pushing back.  In “Adam v. Eve,” Professor Matt explores what happened when the Modern Feminist Movement and the masculine American sports culture collided.

Bibliography:

Amy Burfoot, First Ladies of Running: 22 Inspiring Profiles of the Rebels, Rule Breakers, and Visionaries Who Changed the Sport Forever (New York: Rodale, 2016).

Jamie Schultz, Qualifying Times: Points of Change in U.S. Women’s Sport (Urban and Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 2014).

Susan Ware, Game, Set, Match: Billie Jean King and the Revolution in Women’s Sports (Chapel Hill and London: University of North Carolina Press, 2011).