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...With reporting by Mia Turner/Beijing and Edward Barnes/New York
...should have noted the role that Title IX played in this victory. The Title IX amendment, which prohibited sex discrimination in federally funded educational institutions and gave a boost to women's athletics, became law the year Mia Hamm was born: 1972. It is important to remember that while the team members' outstanding play brought home the World Cup, Title IX opened the door to make it all possible. HOWARD K. WATKINS Fresno, Calif...
...Reported by Donald Shapiro/Taipei, Mia Turner/Beijing and Douglas Waller/ Washington
What about this? What about the fact that as soon as little Suzie puts the autographed poster of Mia Hamm up in her room, little Johnnie suddenly takes to visiting little Suzie's room. And not just little Johnnie, but little Johnnie's dad. What about the fact that the U.S. women's soccer team is not only being perceived as, and sold as, but is also presenting itself as...a sexual unit...
People keep saying what a milestone it is that Elizabeth Dole is a serious presidential candidate, and while I say, "You go, girl," her accomplishment never affects me the way the sight of Mia Hamm does. I start to talk about her, and I can't because I get a catch in my throat. So much that is wonderful about being a woman in 1999 is embodied in the U.S. women's soccer team: their sticking with it, their unassuming ways, their heart. The first time my daughter and I saw that captivating Nike commercial, the one in which four...