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Book SynopsisDescribes Marlene Mawson’s remarkable career, from her early years in Missouri to her retirement. With behind-the-scenes views and insights that reflect a lifetime's experience, her memoir weaves together the history of women's athletics at the University of Kansas and the story of the birth of women's intercollegiate athletics across America.
Trade ReviewDr. Mawson's book is required reading for Kansas Jayhawks. Before Title IX, many coaches built women's sports programs on a shoestring budget and little recognition. However, their work built the framework for the growth of women's athletics after the passage of Title IX. Dr. Mawson was a national leader of those determined coaches. Her book documents those years, and I highly recommend it." - Kala M. Stroup, PhD, emerita dean and former university president, University of Kansas
"I have long admired Marlene Mawson for the role she played, as the first director of KU women's athletics, in bringing women's intercollegiate sports to the university in the 1960s and 1970s. Much is known about the importance of Title IX to women in higher education, including athletics, but little has been written about the status of women's sports before Title IX was enacted in 1972. For this reason,
Mawson's Mission: Launching Women's Intercollegiate Athletics at the University of Kansas is must-reading not only for KU fans but also for those interested in understanding women's lives in a changing world." - Bill Tuttle, author of
Race Riot: Chicago in the Red Summer of 1919 and
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- List of Abbreviations
- Preface
- 1. Center Court
- 2. A Half Century of Sports for Women in the United States
- 3. Sport Leadership Experience
- 4. Formation of Women's Intercollegiate Sports at KU
- 5. The First Decade of KU Women's Intercollegiate Sports
- 6. Early KU Women Athletes on the National Scene
- 7. Overarching Regulations Influencing Women's Intercollegiate Athletics
- 8. My Interim Year
- 9. Beyond Athletics: An Academic Career in Sport Management
- 10. The Mission: A Dream Becomes Reality
- Appendix: Memories from Early KU Women Athletes
- Acknowledgments
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
