women jockeys then and now
From 60 Minutes:
Bob Simon [interviewer]: Barbara Jo Rubin - B.J. for short -- was one of the first female jockeys. She started out 44 years ago.
Bob Simon [to B.J. Rubin]: How bad was it when you started?
B.J.: A lot of trainers wouldn't let me even come under their shed row. You know it was bad luck.
Bob Simon: Did they say why?
B.J.: Yes it was bad luck and they wanted me outta there.
Bob Simon [to audience]: And they got her outta there. She ended up racing in the Bahamas because male jockeys in Florida threatened to shut down the track if she competed. The boycott collapsed eventually. But even when B.J. became the first woman to win a race in the states, the chauvinists kept on shouting.
B.J.: A lot of 'em would boo at me and tell me to go home, make babies, get outta there. It was not a woman's place to be on the racetrack.That was more than 40 years ago, and times have changed. But how much? Some of the boys in the stands still refuse to shut up.
Bob Simon: What do they say?
Rosie Napravnik [who will be riding Mylute this Saturday]: Go home and have a baby. Go home and stay in the kitchen.
Bob Simon [to audience]: It's one thing to ignore hecklers. But what about the people who put her in the saddle?
Rosie Napravnik: There still are owners and trainers that don't want to ride a female. The only way that I deal with that is, you know, to try to beat that person in a race, beat that trainer or owner in a race.
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Bob Simon [interviewer]: Barbara Jo Rubin - B.J. for short -- was one of the first female jockeys. She started out 44 years ago.
Bob Simon [to B.J. Rubin]: How bad was it when you started?
B.J.: A lot of trainers wouldn't let me even come under their shed row. You know it was bad luck.
Bob Simon: Did they say why?
B.J.: Yes it was bad luck and they wanted me outta there.
Bob Simon [to audience]: And they got her outta there. She ended up racing in the Bahamas because male jockeys in Florida threatened to shut down the track if she competed. The boycott collapsed eventually. But even when B.J. became the first woman to win a race in the states, the chauvinists kept on shouting.
B.J.: A lot of 'em would boo at me and tell me to go home, make babies, get outta there. It was not a woman's place to be on the racetrack.That was more than 40 years ago, and times have changed. But how much? Some of the boys in the stands still refuse to shut up.
Bob Simon: What do they say?
Rosie Napravnik [who will be riding Mylute this Saturday]: Go home and have a baby. Go home and stay in the kitchen.
Bob Simon [to audience]: It's one thing to ignore hecklers. But what about the people who put her in the saddle?
Rosie Napravnik: There still are owners and trainers that don't want to ride a female. The only way that I deal with that is, you know, to try to beat that person in a race, beat that trainer or owner in a race.
This entry was originally posted at http://bronze-ribbons.dreamwidth.org/371241.html. I see comments at DW, IJ, and LJ (when notifications are working, anyway), but not on feeds.