Women and golden era
Molla Bjurstedt Mallory, eight times US champion between 1915 and 1926, thought a woman should admit "that she is a woman and adopt a style of tennis play which will call for all the generalship and strength which she can claim. But not for more." Molla was wrong.Today one would be hard-pressed to see a Williams sister waggle her finger at someone else and say "But not for more now!", or a jacked Jennifer Caprioti lose more blood on the court than Pete Sampras. The credit goes all around. You can give the credit to Title IX, which, for the past 29 years, has made it illegal for Jeffery to get more playing time than Suzie. You can give credit to Martina Navratalova for issuing "get your weak rear in the gym" papers to Chris Evrett in the early 80's. Let's not forget the past either. Billie Jean King said as much off the court as she did on it. Never to be forgotten is the proverbial murderer's row of women's rights; Sojurner Truth, Susan B. Anthony, and Elizabeth Cady Staunton. This new Golden Era of Women's sports goes a lot deeper than just tennis. It's all about encouragement and equal opportunity for all. All of this success in women's tennis and women's sports in general for that matter, would not
However the change might have happened a little earlier than people think. How about the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics when the first women's marathon was run? have come about if not for some drastic change in American's sociopolitical attitude. Living in today's world, it's scary to think that there was was a time when the talent was spread so thin that Babe Zahairius could traipse between two different sports and dominate both (golf and track). Sure a Marion Jones could tease people in the WNBA, but even she would know that if she lost her concentration for one second, that she would lose everything she worked so hard to gain. I'm not even talking about your TV ratings. I'm talking about talent and competition. There's never been a time when women's sports were this good. There's never been a time that could even come close.
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