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Jackie Joyner-Kersee

When I was in elementary school, we weren't allowed to do sports other than cheerleading. By junior high, they let us play, but we had to come back after 6:30 p.m. to practice because there was only one gymnasium and the boys used it first.

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Jackie Joyner-Kersee describes how girls had very limited opportunities to participate in sports during her early school years, with cheerleading being the only option in elementary school. Even when girls were allowed to play in junior high, they had to practice late in the evening because boys were given priority access to the gym.

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