Phyllis Graber

Phyllis Graber, also known as Phyllis Graber Jensen, is a former American tennis player.

Tennis career

Phyllis wanted to play tennis at Jamaica High School, but there was no girls' tennis team there. She requested to be a player on the boys' tennis team, but girls were not allowed in boys' sports under New York City Board of Education rules.[1][2][3] Therefore, she filed a complaint with the New York City Commission on Human Rights. Ira Glasser worked with her on this matter.[4] In September 1970 Phyllis made her case before the New York City Commission on Human Rights, and in February 1971, the New York City Board of Education voted to allow boys to compete with girls in non-contact sports. The only vote against this was the vote of Mary Meade, the only woman on the Board at the time; Meade was notable as having been the first woman to become principal of any coeducational high school in New York City, when she became principal of Tottenville High School in 1937. Phyllis then joined the tennis team in 1971, becoming the first officially sanctioned female member of a formerly all-male high school varsity tennis team in New York City.[1][5][3]

She also played on the women's tennis team at Cornell University.[1]

Other work

As of September 1st, 2023, Phyllis was employed by Bates College as their director of photography and video for their communications office.[1]

Personal life

As of September 1st, 2023, Phyllis was married to a man and lived in Maine.[1]

As noted by the New York Times, the book Radical Play: Revolutionizing Children’s Toys in 1960s and 1970s America (2023) "traces a direct line from the Graber case to the emergence of an androgynously named teenage doll, Dusty, introduced as an anti-Barbie by the Kenner toy company in 1974." A version of the Dusty doll could play tennis.[1][6]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f Bellafante, Ginia (September 1, 2023). "The Forgotten Teenage Trailblazer of Women's Tennis" – via NYTimes.com.
  2. ^ "Headliners". February 7, 1971 – via NYTimes.com.
  3. ^ a b "Dr. Mary Meade, 88; Was on School Board". August 28, 1987 – via NYTimes.com.
  4. ^ Campbell, Barbara (September 26, 1970). "Girl Denied Spot on Boys'" – via NYTimes.com.
  5. ^ The Women's Book of World Records and Achievements. pg. 583. United States, Anchor Press/Doubleday, 1979.
  6. ^ Goldberg, Rob. Radical Play: Revolutionizing Children’s Toys in 1960s and 1970s America. United States, Duke University Press, 2023.

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