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Alison Gordon (January 1, 1943 – February 12, 2015) was a Canadian journalist and mystery novelist. Gordon was born in New York City where her journalist/diplomat father, J. King Gordon, worked (and later served with the United Nations). His work resulted in her living not only in New York, but also Tokyo, Cairo, and Rome. Gordon attended Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario, Canada but left before completing a degree. ==Sports reporter== As a ''Toronto Star'' reporter, first assigned to cover the Toronto Blue Jays in 1979, she was one of Canada's first prominent women sportswriters.〔(Play Ballsy: The new trials and triumphs of female sports journalists ). ''Ryerson Review of Journalism'', Summer 2009.〕 This made her the first woman doing sports coverage of the American League. At the time, women sportswriters were so rare that her membership card in the Baseball Writers Association of America identified her as "Mr." Alison Gordon because the organization had made no provision for gender-neutral or female-specific cards.〔("Back of the Pack, Baby!: For all the ground that women have gained, they still catch-up in the world of jock journalism" ). ''Ryerson Review of Journalism'', Spring 1997.〕 Gordon was also one of the first females allowed into a Major League Baseball locker room, which was controversial at the time but has since paved the way for many other female sports reporters. She previously worked for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) in radio and television, including as a producer for ''As It Happens''. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Alison Gordon」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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