WOMEN & GIRLS IN SPORTS

Women's Sports Foundation is an information resource on women's sports, including competitive sports, professional sports, recreational sports or health and fitness. Founded in 1974 by Billie Jean King, the Women's Sports Foundation is a charitable educational organization dedicated to increasing the participation of girls and women in sports and fitness and creating an educated public that supports gender equity in sport.
http://www.womenssportsfoundation.org/templates/index.html

Great Web links for Title IX and Sports Equity /Girls' and Women's Sports. Approach to Evaluating Athletic Equity in Washington Schools
http://www.k12.wa.us/equity/WAIA/approach.asp

Dept. of Education: Achieving Success Under Title IX : Increasing participation in athletics
http://www.ed.gov/pubs/TitleIX/part5.html

Feminist Majority: Women & Girls in sports
http://www.feminist.org/sports/sports.html

Chronicle for Higher Learning: Facts & Figures re: Gender Equity in Athletics
http://chronicle.com/free/equity/equitysearch.htm

Women in the Olympics is a fantastic site for sport enthusiasts which includes compelling profiles of athletes, coaches and the history of women in sports.
http://www.feminist.org/archive/olympics/intro.html

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