Question: When you were a teacher and administrator, why do you think it was so important to implement Title 9 into athletics so female student athletes could compete?
Answer: “When I joined the Clayton School District in 1958 (and retired in 1992), I coached and later became the Athletic Director. I have girls of my own, so I could see how important it was to pass that law (Title 9) and the girls were very interested. I remember the girls being in the weight room…they were more serious about weights than the boys were. They really wanted to compete and we definitely encouraged that. And it wasn’t a big deal to get enough girls to field a team. We had dance teams and cheer leading teams and those teams sometimes worked harder than the boys did. And we also had girls cross country, girls basketball…we had twelve girls teams all together.” – John Gnagi, Friendship Village Sunset Hills resident
After gathering about 170 interviews and photos, we will publish A BOOK featuring all the great residents who participated at Friendship Village Chesterfield and Friendship Village Sunset Hills. AND PARTICIPANTS get A FREE COPY OF THE BOOK! During the period of working on the project, we will also be sharing these photos and stories on Facebook and other social media such as Instagram, so look for them and please follow the hashtag #WeAreFriendshipVillage to stay current with the project!
We think it’s a great chance to share a bit about who we are! Residents’ participation takes about fifteen minutes, so it won’t take much time to be a part of it and we think everyone will enjoy getting to know their neighbors and friends a little bit better!
We look forward to seeing you as we get to share insights about the senior living residents who are making our Friendship Village retirement communities so great!
Thanks again!
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