Going to the Mat
A PBS Film Looks at a Girl Wrestler
When Tara Neal was 13, she wanted to wrestle. She donned her singlet, stepped onto the mat, and faced her opponent—who was almost always a boy.
Ms. Neal, of Cedar Park, Texas, often won. But some male opponents and their parents didn’t think girls and boys...
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