Finding a Way to Play is an award-winning book; full of stories about women who have gone to great lengths to play the game of basketball. Within its pages you will read about: Early pioneers who played despite concerns about risks to health and femininity; Black and Native American women who endured racial discrimination as they searched for opportunities to play; lesbians who hid their identities for fear of being denied the chance to play or coach; and women over 50 who ignored aches and pains to rediscover the joys of a childhood passion. There also are stories about the Mighty Macs of the 1970s; Pat Summitt and the first U.S. women's Olympic team in 1976; as well as the struggles to establish a professional league for women in the 1980s and 1990s. Readers will come away with an understanding of the roads women have traveled to bring the game into the future. Those who grew up before Title IX may find themselves or loved ones in the stories of women who kept the earlier flame alive.
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. A great read about a little known subject in Vietnam.By Jim Dittrich; Maumelle; ARIf you have any interest in engineering or the Vietnam War this is a great book. It's also a great book on leadership under difficult conditions.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. 1969 RVN from Engineer Officer Point of ViewBy anderVery worth reading if you also were there; or want insight into what RVN was like in 1969.1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. This book is a very good and fast readBy Kenneth FeadorHaving been a two tour combat engineer from late 68 to mid 70s; I served with the 70th Engineer Battalion; Company B. We were with the 131st. Light equipment Company; National Guard from Vermont. We were at Camp Swampy; our compound and rock quarry. We kept up over 20 miles of QL 20 open with 5+ bridges and culverts. The story told by the author hit home and was so close to what we went thru for over a year. The equipment was much the same and I was proud of my D7E dozer. As in this story; our days were filled with the dust of the Central Highlands. We built bridges and rebuilt them several weeks later after having them blown up by the VC. A never ending battle. As with him; many of the Enlisted men and several Officers wrote of our own life in country. Both "Incoming" and "Incoming; Men of the 70th" tell of the same incidents. This book is a very good and fast read. Two thumbs up for telling the real story of the upper level problems faced by line companies.
