Women In Sports Interview Research Paper

Women in Sports Interview
For my women in sports assignment, I interviewed my moms friend from church, Nancy. She graduated in the year 1970 from a small suburban school in northeast Ohio called Tallmadge high school. It was a middle-class school with a lot of clubs at school, there were vocational options and about 300 in her graduating class.

Informational Questions
She graduated from high school in the state of Ohio.
Her high school was located in Tallmadge, Ohio, which is a suburb of Akron, Ohio. As of 2010, Tallmadge has a population of 17,537.
She commented that Tallmadge was a small school, with about 800. About 100 of the 300 she graduated with studied away at vocational schools.
Her high school did have a sports programs for males.

They offered basketball, tennis, track, softball and volleyball. She recalled that these teams were fairly competitive, even within the entire state.
They had a physical education program, however the boy and girl classes were separate. She remembers that the boys did a lot calisthenics, while the girls did gymnastics. She hated gymnastics because she felt awkward and uncoordinated. She especially hated the outfits that they were required to wear during the class. The uniforms were, “little one piece shorts and a top.” The uniforms made her dread going to physical education class.
She did not play high school sports, although she did play softball in middle school. She did not continue playing the sport in high

She did not play high school sports and I earned six varsity letters during my sporting life in high school. I was even a team captain on my high school track team. One similarity we did have was going into a school and initially not knowing any of the other students. I had this same experience because I switched from going to a public middle school to a private all-boys Catholic high school. Sports were invaluable in meeting people and finding a sense of belonging. I am extremely grateful for sports because without them I am certain that I would have struggled to fit in at my