Phyllis George: Shattering the Ceiling

by Paul Volponi and Lenny Shulman

In 2019, the NFL issued a list of football's one hundred greatest game-changers, and among the legendary athletes and coaches was one broadcaster: Phyllis George. The first female anchor of a major network sports show, George broke the glass ceiling in sports journalism and embodied the complexities of the women's movement of the 1970s. As a young woman, George first hit the media radar in 1971 when she won the crown of Miss America and toured the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813195810
• ISBN13: 9780813195810
• Release Date: September 2022
• Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.97 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 9.2"