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In 1966, the governing body of the Olympic track and field event started mandatory examinations of all women athletes. These inspections would come to be known as "nude parades," and if you were a woman who refused the test, you couldn't compete.
We're going back almost a century to the first time women were allowed to compete in Olympic track and field games, and to a time when a committee of entirely men decided who was a female and who wasn't.
Today on the show, we bring you an episode from a new podcast from CBC and NPR's Embedded called Tested.
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We're going back almost a century to the first time women were allowed to compete in Olympic track and field games, and to a time when a committee of entirely men decided who was a female and who wasn't.
Today on the show, we bring you an episode from a new podcast from CBC and NPR's Embedded called Tested.
Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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In 1966, the governing body of the Olympic track and field event started mandatory examinations of all women athletes. These inspections would come to be known as "nude parades," and if you were a woman who refused the test, you couldn't compete.
We're going back almost a century to the first time women were allowed to compete in Olympic track and field games, and to a time when a committee of entirely men decided who was a female and who wasn't.
Today on the show, we bring you an episode from a new podcast from CBC and NPR's Embedded called Tested.
Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices
NPR Privacy Policy
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We're going back almost a century to the first time women were allowed to compete in Olympic track and field games, and to a time when a committee of entirely men decided who was a female and who wasn't.
Today on the show, we bring you an episode from a new podcast from CBC and NPR's Embedded called Tested.
Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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