[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 63 (Wednesday, April 18, 2018)]
[House]
[Page H3430]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




      RECOGNIZING DOROTHY McINTYRE AS A PIONEER FOR WOMEN'S SPORTS

  (Mr. PAULSEN asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. PAULSEN. Mr. Speaker, I rise to recognize a pioneer of women's 
sports in Minnesota, Dorothy McIntyre, who was recently inducted in the 
Minnesota High School Basketball Hall of Fame.
  There are very few who have done more to advance Minnesota girls 
sports than Eden Prairie coach and teacher, Dorothy McIntyre. Dorothy 
arrived in Eden Prairie in 1959, with girls sports in Minnesota nearly 
nonexistent. But Dorothy led a courageous group of like-minded 
colleagues to push for change.
  Progress was slow. Gymnastics was first, tennis next, and basketball 
not until 1976. But Dorothy kept at it, and when she was told girls 
must play basketball in the fall instead of the winter, her answer was 
a firm: No, that's not fair. She got results, and today, girls play 
basketball just like the boys do, and Dorothy McIntyre is a big reason 
why.
  Mr. Speaker, I want to congratulate Dorothy McIntyre on her well-
deserved induction into the Minnesota High School Basketball Hall of 
Fame.

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