WAMC: 51% Show # 1060 (2009-11-05)

51 % The Women's Perspective

51% Show # 1060

(2009-11-05)

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ALBANY, NY (WAMC) - Girls' sports were an afterthought in most schools forty years ago. Softball and field hockey were the major outlets for girls who wanted to play team sports. But Title IX started a quiet revolution. Renamed the Patsy T. Mink Equal Opportunity in Education Act in honor of one of its author's, Title IX didn't specifically mention athletics. It simply made it against the law for gender to exclude anyone from any educational program or activity that gets federal financial assistance. That meant schools had to make room for girls on the athletic fields. Dr. Donna Lopiano was a nine time all American in softball and is in the National Sports Hall of Fame. But she's been named one of the most influential people in sports for her work as the CEO of the Women's Sports Foundation. We sat down together recently to talk about the law that passed in 1972, but began to shake up the structure of school athletics three years later. Lopiano says its success is directly attributable to the fact that fathers were strong supporters of letting their daughters play school sports.

7:35 Lopiano

That's Dr. Donna Lopiano, former CEO of the Women's Sports Foundation. She's now the president of Sports Management Resources...a consulting firm that connects former athletic directors with schools that need their expert advice. For more on Title IX and women's sports, go to the Women's Sports Foundation at womenssportsfoundation.org.

The recession has changed many of the rules of the financial game. Some experts say it's time to dump the 401K. Others say the stock market's still a good bet. How much should you save each month? Should you own a home? Will you be able to retire? Many women go to work, pay their bills and drift right on by some of the biggest financial questions. Personal finance expert Manisha Thakor explains why that's a mistake.

5:00 Thakor five reasons

For more from Manisha Thakor, check out her website at manishathakor.com.

And finally, this recession may have knocked many of us off our financial feet, but it's also proving to be an opportunity for some fearless entrepreneurs. Correspondent Robynn Takayama has a report from San Francisco on the Girl From Empanada.

5:08 Empanada

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