May 17, 2022 | 50Years.50Stories
Excerpted from Boathouse Row, Waves of Change in the Birthplace of American Rowing by Dotty Brown (Temple University Press) Anita DeFrantz returned to Philadelphia, the city of her birth, in 1974, a year after Title IX went into effect. The full force of this...
Jul 2, 2021 | 50Years.50Stories
By Dotty Brown and Rick Stehlik In an astounding achievement, the U.S. women’s eight-oared crew has won the gold medal in each of the last three Olympics. As it trains to extend that record to a possible fourth consecutive first-place finish in Tokyo, it’s worth...
Nov 27, 2020 | 50Years.50Stories
Only a dozen women competed in the first Head of the Schuylkill Regatta, which may seem strange in 2020, given that about half of the nearly 8,000 HOSR competitors today are women. But think of this: The first time American women were permitted to compete in an...
May 27, 2020 | We are all essential
At the start of the pandemic I was distraught at the thought of not being able to to see my granddaughters. Desperate times call for desperate measures. My future son in law suggested I read to my granddaughters outside of a window at their house. Thus the...
