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1972 Wasn’t That Long Ago
Sports in my house only meant one thing, hockey. I grew up with it. I watched my brother play from the time I was a baby until my high school years. My dad and my brother still are involved in hockey...
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Sex Sells in Women’s Sports
A few weeks ago, the Women Center hosted the event, “Throwing like a Girl Since 1972.” The event focused on Title IX and what it did for women’s participation in sports. Although Title IX helped...
View ArticleJuly Celebrates Women’s Motorcycle Month
In May, Harley Davidson celebrated Women Riders Month and now during the month of July, Nationwide Insurance has teamed with the Motorcycle Hall of Fame Museum to celebrate Women’s Motorcycle Month....
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Is Cheerleading a Sport? That is the Question…
Image from creativecheerleader.com Recently a women’s volleyball team at Quinnipiac University was cut and replaced with a competitive cheerleading squad. The volleyball players sued the school saying...
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ESPN Makes A Play For The Ladies
By Emily Mathis ESPN has just recently launched a new blog called ESPNW for women. The blog will feature news about the WNBA, women’s college sports and of course news from the NBA and NFL. And before...
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All Girls are Winners: The Importance of Equity in Sports
By Devon White Image from Flickr.com Recently, the National Women’s Law Center (NWLC) launched a campaign to end the violation of Title IX. The NWLC filed discriminatory complaints with the Office for...
View ArticleTitle IX: Working to Ensure Gender Equity in Education for 40 years
Click here to view the embedded video.By Armelle Djoukoue This year Title IX celebrates its 40th anniversary. Signed into law on June 23, 1972, Title IX guaranteed gender equity for girls and boys in...
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Let’s Break the Gender Stereotypes about Women in Sports
By Torshawna Griffin Image from Creative Commons. Two athletes, both African American, both going through the same situation. The difference is that the media took one athlete’s “moment” and shrugged...
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Serena Williams
By Matiara Huff Picture of Serena Williams retrieved from CreativeCommons.org Serena Williams was born in Saginaw, Michigan on September 26, 1981. Basically, ever since then she has been playing...
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Women in Sports killed it in 2015
By Thea Voutiritsas Here are eight memorable moments in 2015 that involved women in sports: 2015 Getty Images (Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images) U.S. Women’s national soccer team won the World Cup...
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Upcoming Event: Feminist Film Friday
By Megan Schwindler The Event End your week watching a movie and enjoying some free pizza and snacks with the staff at the Women’s Center. The event will be held on Friday, March 9 from 12-2 p.m. at...
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Should Female Athletes Be Subject to Gender Testing?
By: Christina Terrell Gender testing on female athletes has been around for some time now, however it has gone through phases. Gender testing happens to be the sex verification in sports, which grants...
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My own journey as a female athlete
By Allison Anderson I never thought about how my gender played a role in my life until recently. Growing up I lived in a very equal household. Both my parents were in the military, everyone cooked,...
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Reflecting on Roo Up!
By Olivia Brzozowski On Thursday, November 7th, the UMKC Women’s Center partnered with Kansas City Athletics to host the event Roo Up With the Women’s Center, featuring the Kansas City Volleyball team....
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Maya Moore: The Evolution of a Hero
By Morgan Clark Maya Moore in the Olympics Growing up I was a big college basketball fan. I liked men and women basketball. I would sit and watch the ball games every chance I got with both of my...
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Intersectionality, Love, and Basketball
By Abbie Lewis Being a woman is certainly no easy task. We must hold car keys between our fingers from the store to our car, carry pepper spray to go for a run, work our butts off at a job and still...
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Seven Masks, Seven Matches
By Morgan Clark It was in 2018 when she made a big upset, beating one the greatest athletes of all the time at the age of 20. Winning the Grand Slam as the first Japanese tennis player for both men...
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