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PostPosted: 01/04/22 12:41 pm    ::: C. Vivian Stringer's Reflection on Christine Grant's Passing Reply Reply with quote
https://www.hawkcentral.com/story/sports/college/columnists/chad-leistikow/2022/01/04/c-vivian-stringer-shares-emotional-letter-impact-death-christine-grant-iowa-womens-basketball-ncaa/9079190002/

Christine Grant is the former Iowa Women's AD who hired both CVS and Lisa Bluder. She was instrumental in fighting for a full and fair implementation of Title IX. Definitely worth a read -- especially CVS's ~1000 word statement, which is reprinted in full at the end of the article. A quote:

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I then asked Christine how she would handle it if I had an all-Black team, not that I intended to recruit an all-Black team, but my Cheyney State team was all-Black. Christine said, “Oh, Vivian, that doesn’t matter. What matters is that girls are getting an opportunity to play sports and get a paid education.”
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I chose to go to the University of Iowa because Christine truly demonstrated that she cared about me as a person, not just as a coach. She cared about my family and our well-being and comfort in Iowa City.... There would not be a Vivian Stringer if there was not a Christine Grant. She was perfect for me. She allowed me to have a voice as a young woman. All I wanted as a coach was to be supported and encouraged, and Christine Grant was my biggest supporter.... Christine was a coach’s dream. Sometimes players refer to a coach as a “players' coach.” Well, Christine was a “coaches’ athletic director." Christine was the most fair-minded athletic director that a coach could hope to have.


For more, here's Voepel's ESPN article from a few days ago:

https://www.espn.com/college-sports/story/_/id/32970872/christine-grant-title-ix-pioneer-long-iowa-women-athletic-director-dies-85



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PostPosted: 01/05/22 3:17 pm    ::: Reply Reply with quote
Great stuff, and too few of us are even aware of this kind of pioneering effort.



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