Fort Benton Native Trailblazes a Path
for Women Athletes
Breaking Gender
Athletic Barriers
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BY AVA NELSON
Coach Bonnie (Morrow) Cook pictured in the front row, farthest left, in 1976 during a team photo in Glasgow. Cook was the assistant basketball coach from 1975 to 1977.
Fih generation Montanan Bonnie (Morrow) Cook grew up in
Fort Benton on her family farm and has watched women's sports evolve
since high school, fighting for equality her entire life.
"Girls didn't get to leer in high school, but boys did," Cook said of her experience
as a student in the 1960s. "I was always thinking, 'Why do the boys get this?
Why do the boys get that?' We are all people, and we can all compete."
Photo
courtesy
of
Bonnie
Cook
