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Yale women rowers protest
In 1976, the Yale rowing team stripped naked to demand equal treatment for women's sport.
In 1976, the Yale women's rowing team stripped naked to demand equal treatment for women's sport. The protest attracted national attention in the USA and helped force universities to make the same funding and facilities available to women athletes as to men. Catherine Davies talks to two of the Yale protestors, Christine Ernst and Ginny Gilder.
(Photo: The 1976 Yale women's rowing team in action. Credit: Getty Images).
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