by admin | Apr 6, 2021 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
Rebecca Welch made history on Monday as she became the first appointed female referee to take charge of an English Football League (EFL) game.The 37-year-old, who has previously refereed high-profile women’s matches, oversaw Port Vale’s 2-0 win against...
by admin | Apr 5, 2021 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
Fifty years ago, Carole Oglesby helped establish a governing body for women in college athletics at a time when the National Collegiate Athletics Association only oversaw men’s sports. When she saw images earlier this month of the inferior training facilities provided...
by admin | Apr 2, 2021 | Leadership, SEW
After years of being passed over, in November Ng became the first woman to be named GM of a North American professional men’s team. Landing the Marlins job was a breakthrough, but Ng knows that to keep it—and help others like her follow—she’ll have to win. Read...
by admin | Apr 1, 2021 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
The umpires in baseball are often taken for granted, like the field geometry, the bases, the fair poles and the seats in the stands. Except for those moments when a decision angers one team or the other, umpires are part of the background to the game. Perhaps that...
by admin | Mar 31, 2021 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
This year’s March Madness might have exposed gaps in gender equity in college sports, but for two Black women, the 2021 NCAA women’s tournament will always represent a moment when history was made. For the first time in NCAA women’s tournament...
by admin | Mar 31, 2021 | Leadership, SEW
The story of Abby Wambach’s role in the history-making Angel City FC soccer team started with a simple — and surprising — direct message from Natalie Portman. Wambach, a two-time Olympic gold medalist, recounted how Portman got her involved with the first...
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