by admin | Apr 7, 2021 | #MeToo, SEW
Ashley Solis became a massage therapist to heal people’s minds and bodies, but after what she said happened to her in March 2020, she can no longer do what she loves without shaking. Her hands tremble when she places them on clients, forcing her to cut sessions short....
by admin | Apr 7, 2021 | Representation, SEW
With Team USA’s Olympic trials around the corner, 100-meter hurdler Dawn Harper-Nelson has enlisted the help of a new assistant coach — although not the kind you might expect.Like other coaches, the new recruit will watch closely from the...
by admin | Apr 7, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Trinity Rodman is a rarity in soccer. Almost all American women her age take a well-traveled path: They play soccer in college and then, after graduation, they join the National Women’s Soccer League via the draft or sign in Europe. But at 18, before playing a single...
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 6, 2021 | Pay Equity, Representation, SEW
Throughout my childhood, playing tennis with my sister Serena in our hometown of Compton, California, I always dreamed of winning tournaments like Wimbledon. Then, when I finally got there, I was struck by the inequality. When I won Wimbledon for the first time in...
by admin | Apr 5, 2021 | Representation, SEW
The ruling, when it eventually came, could not have been more clear. One of soccer’s six regional bodies had engaged in discriminatory behavior against a female official by hindering her chances of getting a seat on its board and a leadership position with the sport’s...
by admin | Apr 5, 2021 | #MeToo, SEW
John Geddert, the former USA Gymnastics coach, was found dead in February just hours after he had been charged with 24 felonies including human trafficking and sexual assault in relation to his decades of work with young gymnasts in his home state of Michigan....
by admin | Apr 5, 2021 | Representation, SEW
If I said a golfer had a total driving distance for the week of 323 yards, you might ask how high that golfer finished on the leaderboard of the PGA Tour event he was playing. If I told you that 323 yards was for a golfer on the LPGA, you might not believe me. Read...
by admin | Apr 5, 2021 | Representation, SEW
The last time VanDerveer and the Cardinal won the NCAA women’s basketball title, it was eight months before the very first text message was ever sent. That 1992 championship was Stanford’s second in three years. No one could have imagined how long it would...
by admin | Apr 5, 2021 | Pay Equity, SEW
Financial details revealed publicly for the first time show that the N.C.A.A.’s budget for the men’s tournament was nearly double that of the women’s tournament in 2019. Read More
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