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supersisters: The future

In 1979 a young girl named Melissa Rich asked her mother Lois why there were no women trading cards. So Lois decided to produce her own set called “supersisters”, 72 trading cards highlighting inspirational women, many of whom were athletes. Exactly forty years later we reunite Melissa, Lois and some of the supersisters together for a discussion based on the cards and the importance - and establishment - of icons in women’s sport. Recorded in front of an audience of women at the forefront of the movement to achieve equality in sport, at the Lower Eastside Girls Club in New York. supersisters reveal the challenges faced in the 1970’s and discuss what progress has been made, and how much further we need to travel.

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49 minutes