Enjoy a snippet from "Sidelined No Longer" and learn a bit about Title IX, ahead of its 54th anniversary later this month:
"The fight for women's college sports in the 1960s reflected battles across the country for racial and gender equality. Congress responded to the national debate and passed laws like the 1965 Civil Rights Act, guaranteeing minorities and underrepresented groups equal access to education and employment. Those guarantees were enhanced further by Title IX, the Patsy Mink Equal Opportunity in Education Act, signed into law by President Richard Nixon on June 23, 1972:
No person in the United States shall, on the basis of s*x, be excluded from participatin in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any educational program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance."
Sidelined No Longer: the Untold Story of Women’s College Sports
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The forgotten battles that built today's women's sports revolution.
06/12/2026
Did you know that the 1973-1974 University of Missouri women's volleyball team had to buy their own uniforms? Check out their red, white and blue uniforms.
Read more about how the athletes made it work in "Sidelined No Longer."
05/30/2026
Get to know author Karen Rudolph📖 Read below to learn more:
Karen Rudolph returns to her first love of writing after a career spanning sports journalism and education. A University of Missouri graduate who played on the school's first women's basketball and softball teams, Karen experienced Title IX's impact firsthand as one of Missouri's initial female
scholarship athletes.
Her sports media career includes writing for the Columbia Daily Tribune and
serving as managing editor of Sports Spectrum Magazine, where she authored "Grace and Glory: Profiles of Faith and Courage in the Lives of Top Women Athletes." After twenty years coaching high school basketball and softball in California, Karen now lives in Auburn with her partner and therapy dog Lucy.
05/27/2026
☀Summer reading is here☀
Is "Sidelined No Longer: the Untold Story of Women's College Sports" on your list? These stories of women's college sports from the 1970's is perfect for a beach read, lounging outdoors or even while waiting to pick up the kids from camp.
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05/12/2026
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05/09/2026
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Here's to women athletes. Thank you.
05/03/2026
Did you know that author Karen Rudolph first wrote an article about Jean Cerra when she was the Assistant Athletic Director at ?
Karen Rudolph earned her first byline in May 1976 in the Columbia Missourian while taking journalism classes at the University of Missouri during summer school and interviewing the newly-hired women’s athletic director Jean Cerra.
Check out a glimpse of the article + them now 50 years later.
04/22/2026
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