Caption: Lisa Herner, Credit: Cushing Memorial Library and Archives, Texas A&M University
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Women in Sports: Separate & Not Equal

Series: Making Contact
From: Making Contact
Length: 00:28:56

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Dave Zirin and Elizabeth Terzakis take a look back at the history of discrimination against women in sports, and we’ll hear where the long battle for equality and acceptance stands today. Read the full description.

Lisa_herner_small Funding and publicity for women’s sports have grown substantially in the past two decades. Yet from high school to the pros, women often still have to contend with resistance and stereotypes that treat them like second class athletes.

On this edition, Dave Zirin and Elizabeth Terzakis take a look back at the history of discrimination against women in sports, and we’ll hear where the long battle for equality and acceptance stands today.

Featuring: Dave Zirin, Author and social commentator; Elizabeth Terzakis, Cañada College English and Reading instructor.

Program #37-09 - Begin date: 09/16/09. End date: 03/16/10.

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Piece Description

Funding and publicity for women’s sports have grown substantially in the past two decades. Yet from high school to the pros, women often still have to contend with resistance and stereotypes that treat them like second class athletes.

On this edition, Dave Zirin and Elizabeth Terzakis take a look back at the history of discrimination against women in sports, and we’ll hear where the long battle for equality and acceptance stands today.

Featuring: Dave Zirin, Author and social commentator; Elizabeth Terzakis, Cañada College English and Reading instructor.

Program #37-09 - Begin date: 09/16/09. End date: 03/16/10.

Please call us if you carry us - 510-251-1332 and we will list your station on our website. If you excerpt, please credit early and often.

Broadcast History

Program #37-09 - Begin date: 09/16/09. End date: 03/16/10.

Timing and Cues

Total run time is 29 minutes (no hard breaks)
-Optional cutaway at 1:00
-Optional (floating) cutaway between 12:00 and 20:00
-Music in/out.

Musical Works

Title Artist Album Label Year Length
Dice Games Yesterdays New Quintet 00:00
Yegelle Tezeta Mulatu Astatke 00:00

Additional Credits

Executive Producer/Host: Tena Rubio
Producer: Andrew Stelzer
Producer/Online Editor: Pauline Bartolone
Executive Director: Lisa Rudman
Associate Director: Khanh Pham
The Media Consortium Production Intern: Megan Martenyi
Production Intern: Rita Daniel
Organizational Interns: Lakiesha Thomas and Jessie Delmar
Super Volunteers: Ron Rucker and Dan Turner

Related Website

http://www.radioproject.org/