Girls with Guts Flashcards
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!
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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