{"product_id":"book-j94e","title":"Locker Room Talk","description":"While sportswriters rushed into Major League Baseball locker rooms to talk with players, MLB Commissioner Bowie Kuhn barred the lone woman from entering along with them. That reporter, twenty-six-year-old \u003ci\u003eSports Illustrated\u003c\/i\u003e reporter Melissa Ludtke, charged Kuhn with gender discrimination, and after the lawyers argued \u003ci\u003eLudtke v. Kuhn\u003c\/i\u003e in federal court, she won. Her 1978 groundbreaking case affirmed her equal rights, and the judge's order opened the doors for several generations of women to be hired in sports media.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLocker Room Talk\u003c\/i\u003e is Ludtke's gripping account of being at the core of this globally covered case that churned up ugly prejudices about the place of women in sports. Kuhn claimed that allowing women into locker rooms would violate his players' \"sexual privacy.\"  She weaves these public perspectives throughout her vivid depiction of the court drama overseen by Judge Constance Baker Motley, the first Black woman to serve on the federal bench. She recounts how her lawyer, F. A. O. \"Fritz\" Schwarz, employed an ingenious legal strategy that persuaded Judge Motley to invoke the Fourteenth Amendment's Equal Protection Clause in giving Ludtke access identical to that of her male counterparts. \u003ci\u003eLocker Room Talk\u003c\/i\u003e is both an inspiring story of one woman's determination to do a job dominated by men and an illuminating portrait of a defining moment for women's rights.","brand":"Tantor","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49350924370224,"sku":"BDj94e","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio CD","offer_id":49350924402992,"sku":"ZEj94e","price":55.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio MP3-CD","offer_id":49350924468528,"sku":"ZMj94e","price":45.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/j94e-Square-cover.jpg?v=1780521100","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-j94e","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}