"Would you be interested in participating in an activity where your potential is downgraded by your parents and by your coaches before you have even started?” says Jennifer Shahade, a NYU alumna, two-time US Women’s Chess champion, and author of Chess Queens (Hachette, 2022) and Play Like a Girl! (Mongoose Press, 2011)"

Checking Gender Bias (apa.org)

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