“It might be a long time before we see co-ed anything, but this is a start. What's important is that girls - and especially boys - see women are great competitors.”
“We'll have to see how the women compete, whether they hold their own as athletes. It would be sad if Americans weren't ready to see co-ed team sports, but we're a country that doesn't seem ready to have a female vice president.”
“There is a continuing marginalization, or downright ignoring, of women's sports by the media, ... And a lot of that has to do with the choices that TV producers and newspapers editors keep making, preferring to play it safe rather than lead a gender revolution.”
“'The Feminine Mystique' was huge in terms of its national and international impact on society. It was like a spark on tinder and helped light the fire of the women's movement. It had solid academic foundations even though she wasn't an academic. It was the right book at the right time.”
