Women and Sports

Just fifty years ago, women weren’t allowed to run marathons, female baseball players had to wear lipstick, and on college campuses, women sports barely got a nod. We’ll look at the progress of women in athletics today and what challenges remain. Laura's guest is Jean O’Reilly, Co-Editor of the new book “Women and Sports in the United States”. She is a guest lecturer on women’s sports films at the University of Connecticut and holds a Ph.D. in English and American Studies from the University of East Anglia in England.