Girls with Guts

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Look at you…springing, kicking, dribbling, and pitching it down the pike

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It’s true.

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That was the rule.

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And never, ever sweat.

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No chasing!

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No stretching!

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No kicking!

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No pushing!

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No splashing!

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Try and stop us

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The race to breaking barriers was underway.

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In the late 1800s, Frances Willard challenged these and other Victorian beliefs by learning to ride a bike she named Gladys.

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Scandalous!

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But nothing stopped Senda Berenson Abbot from owning the court.

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Their court was shorter.

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The rules were limiting.

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No fast breaks!

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No bumping!

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Three bounces only!

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And long bloomers were a must.

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These pioneers competed when others said they shouldn’t - couldn’t.

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This fourteen year old’s moxie made headlines.

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Her team adored her.

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Her opponents deplored her.

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"You don't belong here!" they shouted.

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Then she traded her paddle for a tennis racket.

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Althea dominated the court during the Civil Rights Movement.

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Donna's future shone brighter than her gold medals!

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Donna never made a collegiate heat sheet.

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If she wanted to swim in college and get an education, she would have to pay for it herself.

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That was the law, and a barrier ripe and ready to be broken.

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At the onset of the 1970s, valiant warriors came together to fight the unfairness.

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Enough! they said.

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Game on!

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Lawmakers debated.

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Marches were organized.

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The valiant fighters would not quit.

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And she meant it.

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Discrimination was doomed.

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Still, debates were held.

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Hostilities were hurled.

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After a long, grueling battle, a new law was passed in 1972.

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She and others went toe-to-toe with the league and won.

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Team USA crushed opponents from all over the world and became known as national heroes.

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