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The only woman on the Globe and Mail
sports staff, Rosenfeld was one of a small but
prominent group of female sportswriters across the
country. Other Canadian columnists included old
friends like fellow runner Myrtle Cook and
Alexandrine Gibb, coach of the 1928 Olympic track
team.
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For eighteen years, Rosenfeld covered women's
sports with wit and "refreshing candor." She
celebrated female pioneers in everything from
bowling to rodeo riding, and wrote with authority
on softball, basketball, hockey, track- all the
fields she had once dominated. Along the way she
mocked herself and most everyone else, recommended
taffy and orange juice to cure hangovers, and
occasionally reminisced about the golden age of
girls sports, "when the Cook and the Rosenfeld held
sway... (kind of snooty, eh!)"
But perhaps more importantly, Rosenfeld used her
column to advocate for women athletes. She debunked
the sexist attacks that insisted women looked,
"better with a frying pan than a tennis racquet."
She encouraged girl's sports in the schools,
asserting that, "competition when properly
organized and directed has a contribution to make
to the education of women." Throughout the years,
Rosenfeld continued to remind a too-often forgetful
public that girls were "in sports for good."
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