Word: sportswomen
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...also called the women athletes "dabblers," rather than committed sportswomen, Paget says. Three other Radcliffe athletes say Watson also called them "dabblers" when they requested longer or prime time hours. Asked in an interview whether he had so branded women athletes, Watson did not deny the charge and repeated that most women's programs "are not as intense...
Often, the newly enthusiastic sportswomen still find a paucity of programs, facilities and funds available to them. Until last April, for example, the Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women forbade recipients of athletic scholarships to compete in its intercollegiate events. That rule has now been rescinded under pressure of a lawsuit, but financial aid for women is still hard to get. At sports-heavy University of Miami, where 300 men receive athletic scholarships, there are now 15 new one-year scholarships for women in tennis, golf and swimming. To date this spring there have been more than 400 applicants...