![Barbara Cunningham](https://www.nea.org/sites/default/files/styles/150x100/public/2024-04/2405_ret_spotlight_01.jpg?itok=pwBs0DYn)
Member & Activist Spotlight
Star Player in Iowa
As a college field hockey and softball player in the mid-1960s, my female teammates and I played with hand-me-down equipment, back-seat scheduling, and little, if any, fan promotion.