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Athletics to me has been the root of the greatest satisfaction and happiness in my life, Lynda Huey writes in A Running Start. And with all the energy and assurance that made her a championship caliber track star, and an innovative teacher of physical education, Ms. Huey has written a frank, entertaining and timely book about women and sports that attacks and disproves the stereotypes from which increasing numbers of women are breaking free. In a society that makes heroes of male athletes and insists, in all but the rarest of cases, that women cant be both feminine and athletic, Lynda Huey, an attractive and dedicated sportswoman, proves the lie. A Running Start portrays the pressures to conform that haunt athletically inclined women: the pressure to be submissive; the pressure to cheer the men on, not to play themselves. Ms. Huey, breaking down some barriers along the way, emerges as a bubbling, enthusiastic, and determined woman with a love for athletics who feels that other women should not systematically be denied the opportunity to cultivate the same appreciation. The authors sheer joy in running track, the natural high she experiences and the self-condence she feels in having

Author

Lynda Huey

Publisher

New York: Quadrangle/New York Times Book Co.

Published

1976

Language

EN

ISBN

9780812905236

Subjects

Sports, Anthropology, Lifestyle