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Re-Asserting Small-Town Exceptionalism: Facebook And Iowa Girls’ Six-Player Basketball, Shelley Lucas, Jaime Schultz
Re-Asserting Small-Town Exceptionalism: Facebook And Iowa Girls’ Six-Player Basketball, Shelley Lucas, Jaime Schultz
Shelley Lucas
Iowa girls’ high school basketball is unique for many reasons, not the least of which is the longevity of the half-court, two-dribble version of basketball colloquially known as “six-on-six.” Small town and rural schools continued to support, celebrate and play six-on-six until 1993, even though national basketball rules changed to the full court, five-player game in 1971. Although the ties between traditional notions of community and six-on-six have withered since the game’s discontinuation, new, transitory communities have emerged to sustain its remembrance. For this purposes of this paper, we are particularly interested in a Facebook page titled “I Played 6 …
Women’S Cycle Racing: Past Strategies, Future Challenges, Shelley Lucas
Women’S Cycle Racing: Past Strategies, Future Challenges, Shelley Lucas
Shelley Lucas
In this presentation, I explore the challenges associated with long distance women’s road cycle racing from a variety of perspectives, including athletes, managers, promoters, and governing bodies. This exploration covers several decades, c. 1950s - 1980s, from some of the earliest sanctioned international competitions to the inclusion of women’s cycling into the Olympic Games. Women in many endurance sports, including cross-country skiing and running, have faced barriers related to sex discrimination in the larger society and in maledominated sport organizations, and cycling falls into this same tradition. An analysis of both primary and secondary sources indicates that historical, biological, and …
The Current Status Of Title Ix, Shelley Lucas
Challenging Perceptions Of Ability: The Women’S Challenge Stage Race, Shelley Lucas
Challenging Perceptions Of Ability: The Women’S Challenge Stage Race, Shelley Lucas
Shelley Lucas
An Idaho institution for nearly 20 years, the Women’s Challenge bicycle race grew in size and stature despite the impact of cycling’s international governing body, whose regulations materially limited female cyclists’ physical potential.
The Inclusion Of Women Cyclists In The Olympics, Shelley Lucas
The Inclusion Of Women Cyclists In The Olympics, Shelley Lucas
Shelley Lucas
This paper provides preliminary findings from my study of the International Olympic Committee's (IOC) decision to allow women cyclists to compete in the Olympic Games. Male cyclists had contested both road and track cycling events since the resumption of the modern games in 1896, but women were not allowed to compete until 1984—and initially, they were limited to participating in the road race only.