Sportswomen of Colorado Host Awards Celebration for Female Athletes
Title IX was only two years old when the Sportswomen of Colorado was founded, under the theory that “lifelong participation in sports provides girls and women the confidence, leadership skills, and commitment needed to impact their communities.” Working with the YWCA of Metropolitan Denver and Gart Bros. Sporting Goods Co., Joan Birkland and the Denver Post's Dorothy Mauk, thought to be the first full-time woman sportswriter at a major U.S. metropolitan daily, started the group in 1974…
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Title IX was only two years old when the Sportswomen of Colorado was founded, under the theory that “lifelong participation in sports provides girls and women the confidence, leadership skills, and commitment needed to impact their communities.” Working with the YWCA of Metropolitan Denver and Gart Bros. Sporting Goods Co., Joan Birkland and the Denver Post's Dorothy Mauk, thought to be the first full-time woman sportswriter at a major U.S. metropolitan daily, started the group in 1974… 
