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Sports History Final (2021) - Unit 4 Only

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Margaret Court
She has won more Grand Slam tennis titles than any other person, but she lost badly to Bobby Riggs on Mother's Day in 1973
Bobby Riggs
This self-proclaimed "male chauvinist pig" lost the "Battle of the Sexes" tennis match in 1973 at the Houston Astrodome
Billie Jean King
Although probably best known for the "Battle of the Sexes" match in 1973, she won a total of 39 Grand Slam titles in her tennis career and helped form the Women's Tennis Association
Dr. Benjamin Spock
This renowned pediatrician taught young mothers since the late 1940s that it was best that they stay home with the kids if they wanted to raise healthy and stable children
Title IX
This law was passed in 1972 to prevent sex discrimination in schools accepting Federal aid, and it has significantly expanded sports opportunities for women ever since
Babe Didrikson
She was ranked the #1 female athlete of all-time by ESPN, based on her Olympic gold medals in track in 1932 and her ten major championships in professional golf
Jackie Joyner-Kersee
This track star was ranked the #2 female athlete of all-time by ESPN, based on her six Olympic medals (in four Olympic Games) and her four years as a college basketball star at UCLA
Martina Navratilova
This tennis star was ranked the #3 female athlete of all-time by ESPN, based on her 58 Grand Slam titles - including nine Wimbledon singles titles
Mia Hamm
This soccer star was ranked the #4 female athlete of all-time by ESPN, based on her two Olympic gold medals, two World Cup championships and her 158 international goals
Wilma Rupolph
This track star (ranked the #5 female athlete of all-time by ESPN) overcame polio as a child to eventually win three Olympic gold medals in the 1960 Games in Rome
Richard Nixon
This American president was the one who signed Title IX into law in the 1970s
Halsey Gulick
Coordinator of the early YMCA who believed that sports would be good to teach young boys (but not girls) civic value because boys had a tendency to do good or evil.
James Naismith
United States educator (born in Canada) who invented the game of basketball (1861-1939) and used it to teach civic values to young men.
tomboy
a girl who enjoys rough, noisy activities traditionally associated with boys.
double standard
a rule or principle that is unfairly applied in different ways to different people or groups. (for example, men and women)
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