Shamrocks, 1970 August 23

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Women's softball team in Utah. 01:16.

Louise Degn's note: In the 1970s, few women participated in organized sports as highschools and colleges did not often have competitive inter-school leaugues for women. Sports also had separate rules for women; i.e. women could only pay half-court basketball. Overall, it was considered unfeminine for females to develop muscles and be too competitive. In this milieu, The Shamrocks were the only serious women's sports team in Utah. I once played basketball against them in a county recreation league and they trounced us. They were vastly superior to any other local team. In 1972, the federal government passed Title IX, a law requiring equal spending for men's and women's sport teams in the schools. Gradually, women gained greater opportunity and many competitve female athletes developed. Original script available.

Dates

1970 August 23

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