{"id":457,"date":"2025-04-03T18:09:18","date_gmt":"2025-04-03T18:09:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/digitalwriting.cornellcollege.edu\/empowhersports\/?page_id=457"},"modified":"2025-04-03T18:09:20","modified_gmt":"2025-04-03T18:09:20","slug":"what-does-it-mean-to-be-a-female-athlete","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/digitalwriting.cornellcollege.edu\/empowhersports\/what-does-it-mean-to-be-a-female-athlete\/","title":{"rendered":"What Does it Mean to be a Female Athlete?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-pale-pink-background-color has-background has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color has-superbfont-medium-font-size wp-elements-dc614c4002e3177b85ca61ebbaf358ef\"><blockquote><p><strong>\u201cI think being a female athlete means chasing your personal \u201cI think being a female athlete means chasing your personal goals while representing change\/innovation for the women before you who didn\u2019t have as many opportunities.\u201d<\/strong><\/p><cite>&#8211; Charlotte Alexander, Cornell College Softball<\/cite><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote has-pale-pink-color has-text-color has-link-color has-superbfont-medium-font-size wp-elements-dfe8e2c06e68970acba7f71ffb14893c\"><blockquote><p><strong>\u201cI like competing with boys to prove people wrong.\u201d<\/strong><\/p><cite>&#8211; jasmine mccaskel, cornell college track &amp; field and women&#8217;s wrestling<\/cite><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote has-white-color has-pale-pink-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color has-superbfont-medium-font-size wp-elements-1c4d56e416e683b5f738dc8cf0b02138\"><blockquote><p><strong>\u201cTo be a female athlete is to redefine all possibilities. 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