Word: defrantz
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...accounts for the U.S. women's sudden success? At least in part it's the result of social changes that no longer make it necessary for little girls to cut their hair to play ball. "In the 20 years since I competed, a great deal has changed," says Anita DeFrantz, a member of the bronze medal-winning U.S. rowing team in 1976 and now one of two American members of the International Olympic Committee. "The way society views women has changed for the better. Funding for sports has changed for the better. And the potential for women to survive...