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Oral History of Jill Young |
Collection |
Oral History |
Scope & Content |
In this oral history, Jill Young describes the emergence of a soccer culture in Mill Valley that was importantly shaped by Title IX of the 1972 Education Amendments federal law, which opened the doors for women to participate in sports. Born in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada in 1941, Jill moved down to the Bay Area with her husband in 1968, initially living on a houseboat in Sausalito before moving to Mill Valley, which she has called home ever since. Jill recounts how in the mid-1970s she began playing soccer — learning the sport from local legend David Fromer — with other Mill Valley mothers. She evokes a town sporting milieu that included co-ed adult pickup games after work at Hauke Park, which became a locus of community and camaraderie. Jill recounts eventually forming a soccer team called Mill Valley United that competed against other teams around the Bay Area. Rowing was another activity, which, like soccer, Jill recalls taking up casually but soon pursuing competitively in this remarkable story of seizing opportunities previously unavailable to women. In addition to sports, Jill describes her participation in the town beautification project Bloomathon and expresses her sense of the privilege of living in Mill Valley and belonging to the community. |
Audio and Transcript |
Click here to hear recording. Click here to read the transcript. |
Dates of Creation |
2015-06-01 |
Interviewee |
Young, Jill |
Interviewer |
Schwartz, Debra |
Extent and Medium |
Transcript: 11pp Recording: 00:36:14 |
Search Terms |
Barto, Jana Beautification of cities and towns Bloomathon Fromer, David Hauke Park Johnson, Sue Marin Rowing Association Mill Valley Soccer Club Mill Valley United MV history - Music and counterculture (1960s and 1970s) Oral history - Sports and recreation Oral history - Volunteerism, activism Rowing Soccer Sports Swain, Dick |
Object ID |
2016.024.001 |
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Recording |
Copyrights |
Transcript and recording copyright Mill Valley Public Library, 2015. Materials are made available for research purposes only; all rights are reserved to the Mill Valley Public Library. Requests for permission to quote for publication or for any other usage must be obtained from the Library. |