by admin | Jun 26, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Gwen Berry turned away from the American flag and raised a T-shirt over her face as the national anthem played Saturday, minutes after she qualified for the Olympic team at the U.S. track and field trials in Eugene, Ore. Berry has demonstrated on the podium before,...
by admin | Jun 25, 2021 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
If a woman from a small town in West Virginia can become the owner of a WNBA team, so can other women, Montgomery told the audience at Fortune’s Most Powerful Women Next Gen digital summit. “I have nieces, I have nephews,” Montgomery said....
by admin | Jun 25, 2021 | Representation, SEW
The U.S. women’s national soccer team will head to Tokyo in search of a fifth Olympic gold medal with a roster stuffed with familiar names and extensive experience. All but one of the 18 players named by Coach Vlatko Andonovski on Wednesday were members of...
by admin | Jun 24, 2021 | Representation, SEW
American Lizette Salas revealed a long-running mental struggle Thursday after firing a bogey-free five-under-par 67 to seize a one-stroke lead following the first round of the Women’s PGA Championship. England’s Charley Hull was one stroke back at Atlanta...
by admin | Jun 24, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Sydney Leroux is having a moment. The Pride striker has been on a scoring tear this season, helping to keep Orlando unbeaten and atop the NWSL standings. On Wednesday, Leroux notched a brace to lead Orlando past Kansas City. This campaign is somewhat of a...
by admin | Jun 24, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Jordan Chiles felt numb. She looked around her bedroom in Vancouver, Wash., at the dozens of medals, the rainbows of ribbons, the trophies standing in formation, all from a gymnastics career that started when she was 6. None of it meant a thing. She asked her mother,...
by admin | Jun 23, 2021 | Pay Equity, Representation, SEW
About 12 minutes into “LFG,” an HBO-CNN Films documentary about the U.S. women’s national soccer team’s campaign for equal pay with the men’s squad, viewers get to relive the 13-0 romp over Thailand at the 2019 World Cup in France. The film itself...
by admin | Jun 23, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Washington Spirit rookie Trinity Rodman has had an eventful year to date. The second-overall pick in the 2021 draft, Rodman made history when she became the youngest player to ever score a goal in an NWSL competition. That was earlier this year when she found the net...
by admin | Jun 23, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Megan Rapinoe, Carli Lloyd and Alex Morgan get one more major tournament together with the U.S. national team. The Tokyo Olympic soccer roster of 18 players — the oldest in U.S. history since women’s soccer debuted at the 1996 Atlanta Games — was...
by admin | Jun 22, 2021 | Representation, SEW
The ‘96 Effect is a three-part documentary series featuring four legendary USA women’s teams who won gold at the Atlanta Games. These women were the first generation who became world-class athletes during the Title IX era, and interviews with them reveal how ’96...
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