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Pioneer educator Joie Stapleton dies at 93 at KU
Joie Stapleton, longtime Kansas University professor and pioneer in women's physical education, dies at 93 in Lawrence. She helped create playgrounds for city elementary schools, partnered KU with Lawrence schools for PE labs, earned a patent for a net-height device, and guided the department through Title IX era before retiring in 1973.
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