| Revision as of 17:02, 28 April 2011 editBmalwyatt (talk | contribs)7 editsNo edit summary← Previous edit | Revision as of 17:03, 28 April 2011 edit undoUtherSRG (talk | contribs)Autopatrolled, Administrators180,313 edits Requesting speedy deletion (CSD A7). (TW)Next edit → | ||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
| {{db-person}} | |||
| == BACKGROUND == | == BACKGROUND == | ||
Revision as of 17:03, 28 April 2011
| This article may meet Misplaced Pages's criteria for speedy deletion as an article about a real person that does not credibly indicate the importance or significance of the subject. Note that this criterion applies only to articles about people themselves, not about their books, albums, shows, software, etc. See CSD A7.%5B%5BWP%3ACSD%23A7%7CA7%5D%5D%3A+Article+about+a+real+person%2C+which+does+not+%5B%5BWP%3ACCS%7Ccredibly+indicate+the+importance+or+significance%5D%5D+of+the+subjectA7
If this article does not meet the criteria for speedy deletion, or you intend to fix it, please remove this notice, but do not remove this notice from pages that you have created yourself. If you created this page and you disagree with the given reason for deletion, you can click the button below and leave a message explaining why you believe it should not be deleted. You can also visit the talk page to check if you have received a response to your message. Note that this article may be deleted at any time if it unquestionably meets the speedy deletion criteria, or if an explanation posted to the talk page is found to be insufficient.
Note to administrators: this article has content on its talk page which should be checked before deletion. Administrators: check links, talk, history (last), and logs before deletion. Please confirm before deletion that the page doesn't seem to be intended as the author's userpage. If it does, move it to the proper location instead. Consider checking Google.This page was last edited by UtherSRG (contribs | logs) at 17:03, 28 April 2011 (UTC) (13 years ago) |
BACKGROUND
Melissa Ludtke was born in 1951 in Iowa City, IA, but grew up in Amherst, MA. She was the oldest of five children, her father worked at the University of Massachusetts where he taught finance, and her mother earned a Ph.D. in anthropology. Ludtke attended Wellesley College in Wellesley, MA and graduated in 1973. Ludtke always had a passion for sports, and upon graduation, Ludke began working for ABC sports and Sports Illustrated. In 1978 Ludtke married sportswriter, Eric Linclon. By 1982 Ludtke and Linclon were divorced and Ludtke went on to become a single mother of a baby girl she adopted from China.
CAREER
Like most women working in the field of sports and sports broadcasting, Ludtke had a difficult time being taken seriously in her career. In the late 1970’s advancement was made after a Sports Illustrated publisher, Time Incorporated, filed a lawsuit against Major League Baseball (MLB) after Ludtke, was prohibited by MLB’s Commissioner, Bowie Kuhn, from interviewing players in the locker room during the 1977 World Series. In 1978 a United States Federal Judge ruled that male and female reporters should have equal access to the locker room. That ruling was imperative to the future of women sportscasters because it provided recognition of women as serious sports broadcasters and mandated that women should not be discriminated against.
- http://oasis.lib.harvard.edu/oasis/deliver/~sch00045
- Grubba, Max V., and Theresa Billiotb. "Women Sportscasters: Navigating a Masculine Domain." Journal of Gender Studies 19.1 (2010). Milner Library Communication and Mass Media Complete Database. Web. 24 Apr. 2011.