Girls' Sports: On The Right Track (clip)

"Girls Sports: On the Right Track" is a 1975 program that summarizes some of the changes that by then had taken place in girls' sports. Through a short history of track and field, with archive footage of Babe Didrikson Zaharias and Wilma Rudolph, we see the limitations that were placed on women in the past. The documentary offers the experiences of three high school girls -- a cross-country runner, a shot-putter and a long-jumper -- to demonstrate the new opportunities that were opening up for girls as a result of feminism and the push for equal rights. Produced and directed by Ellen Freyer. Narrated by Katherine Switzer, a world-class marathon runner. 17 minutes, color.

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Category:

Sports

Tags:

• girls
• girls'
• sports
• history
• track
• field
• women
• feminism
• marathon
• runner

[YrNameHr]

here's to Ted Kennedy... instrumental in getting Title IX passed.

[SLFiveMan]

Narrator Katherine Switzer (0:19) ran the Boston Marathon before it was open to women. When word of her presence in the race became known a man named Jock Semple, one of the BAA patricians, tried to physically remove her from the course. In a series of famous photographs a group of male runners formed a cordon around her and one man lowered his shoulder and sent Semple flying as he approached Switzer. She broke down gender inequities through both words and actions.