Women's Movement
Sport, Feminism, and the Torch Relay of the 1977 National Women's Conference
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 22130993 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jaime Schultz (0000-0003-1925-1152, Pennsylvania State University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 7 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 296-300 |
| Publication date | 2024-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Modern American History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2397-1851 • E-ISSN: 2515-0456 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/mah.2024.28 |
| OpenAlex | W4404040312 |
| Language | EN |
It made for a great photograph. Icons of the feminist movement, stars of women's sport, and amateur athletes joined in a show of solidarity, rallied around the torch that would inaugurate the 1977 National Women's Conference in Houston, Texas (Figure 1). It was the first federally funded meeting of its kind, and 20,000 people cheered the arrival of the flame and the illustrious if motley crew that bore it aloft. The moment was, according to the official proceedings, “one of the most dramatic features of the Conference.”
Aesthetics · Art · Feminism · Political science · Sociology · Torch · Engineering · Gender Studies · Historical Gender and Feminism Studies · Sport and Mega-Event Impacts · Sports, Gender, and Society · Mechanical Engineering
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |