Tucson Festival of Books

She Had a Shut and Open Case


Until 1978, major league baseball prohibited woman sportswriters from entering locker rooms to interview players after games. It was Melissa Ludtke who changed that. Her equal-rights case in federal court opened the doors ... and the floodgate of woman journalists who have followed.


Panelist
Melissa Ludtke

Melissa Ludtke was a reporter for Sports Illustrated and Time and edited Nieman Reports at Harvard University. Her books include "On Our Own," "Unmarried Motherhood in America," and "Touching Home in China....

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Book:
Locker Room Talk
A Woman’s Struggle to Get Inside
Melissa Ludtke
Memoir / Essays / Creative Nonfiction
Rutgers University Press
August 2024
ISBN 9781978837782
374 pages
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