Why We Need More Girls in Sports: Professional Female Athletes & Club Girls Talk Pressure, Representation and the Power of Motivation - Boys & Girls Clubs of America
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It’s the 50th anniversary of Title IX but girls and women in sports still have strides to make in getting more representation on the court and the field. Boys & Girls Club alumni like Olympian Jackie Joyner Kersee and today’s Club girls share their advice for empowering girls to get in the game.
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67 Motivational Quotes by Female Athletes
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Why We Need More Girls in Sports: Professional Female Athletes & Club Girls Talk Pressure, Representation and the Power of Motivation - Boys & Girls Clubs of America
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I thought the main issue in women's sports was equal pay. I was wrong, Sport
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8 Women who changed the History of Sport - Iberdrola
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Why Girls and Women in Sports: 10 Benefits
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Start Your Engines
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Three Ways That Peers Matter in Youth Sport · Frontiers for Young Minds
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Why (and how) girls thrive in girls-only schools by Oxford High School - Issuu