Mawson's mission : launching women's intercollegiate athletics at the University of Kansas / Lora Marlene Mawson.

"Often called the "Mother of KU Women's Athletics," Marlene Mawson was appointed to the physical education faculty at the University of Kansas in 1968. A year later, the newly established national Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics for Women mandated that US colleges and universities provide wo...

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