The Lost Haven of Sharon Taylor: Casualties in the Battle for Gender Equality in Sports

Lost Haven tells the story of Sharon Taylor, from student athlete to successful coach and athletics administrator. Taylor brought glory to Lock Haven University in the form of multiple national championships, prestige from her national and international leadership roles in advocating for gender equity in sports, and recognition for her work in the trenches to help bring about Title IX legislation, which guaranteed women's rights in all facets of education. But forty years after its passage, Title IX compliance is still ignored, even at the highest levels of university administrations. Walters follows the trail of Title IX violations from Lock Haven to Fresno State, to Florida Gulf Coast University and back to Lock Haven again. When the narrative ends, the reader will have encountered sexism, misogyny, homophobia, retaliation, persecution, rape, drugs, perjury, multi-million dollar court settlements, student assaults by coaches, and high-level cover-ups. Take the journey; discover the price women have paid to claim their fair share of Title IX entitlements.

Author: C. Terry Walters
Publisher: Terremoto Grande Publishing
Published: 03/02/2016
Pages: 294
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.87lbs
Size: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.62d
ISBN: 9780983328520

About the Author
C. Terry Walters to date has written four books that initially appeared to be about sports. As the third and fourth projects began to take shape, he realized that a subtler theme had evolved. Each book involves redemption of a sort. The first effort was a hybrid of fiction and non-fiction called "Diamond Redemptions." Nine true baseball scenarios were reimagined to provide a more satisfying result to the author. The second book chronicled the rise and fall of Charlie Wysocki, a college football All-american who succumbed to mental illness as he was knocking on the door of the NFL. "Saddle Up, Charlie" tells the story of Wysocki's rebirth after 25 years of hospitalizations in mental facilities. "The Lost Haven of Sharon Taylor" exposes the facts behind her shocking removal from her position of Director of Athletics at a Lock Haven University and allows her to tell her side of the story. Finally, "The Low Self-Esteem Club" due for release in the spring of 2016, explains the psychology behind the acceptance of unflattering (and sometimes insulting) baseball nicknames adopted by players who went through all of their career and much of their remaining lives saddled with names like Piggy, Creepy, Fatty, etc. These players are rescued from obscurity and given a fresh 15 minutes of fame. All of the following have been (or will be) published by Terremoto Grande Publishing: Diamond Redemptions: Baseball the Way it Should Have Been Saddle Up, Charlie: Charlie Wysocki's Journey From Gridiron Glory Into Mental Illness The Lost Haven of Sharon Taylor: Casualties in the Battle for Gender Equality in Sports The Low Self-Esteem Club: The Stories Behind Baseball's Most Unflattering Nicknames

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