You Can't Play, You're a Girl

Two things were true about Stephanie Snell.

First, she did not like going to school. This was mostly because she hated wearing dresses every day and worried about other kids teasing her for being so different.

Second, Stephanie was angry! She continually asked why she couldn’t wear pants or even shorts under her dress and play little league baseball like the boys. The only answer she got was, “You’re a girl and that’s just the way things are.”

Growing up in the 1960s may have been wonderful for some, but not for girls like Stephanie who longed to play sports and were considered ‘tomboys’.

Stephanie Snell Povey is and always has been a tomboy. Her greatest passions involve being a wife, mother, grandmother, educator, gardener, master builder and athlete. A lifelong Utahn who loves to travel, she can often be found building a playhouse with her grandchildren, helping a friend cut down trees or playing her heart out on a pickleball court.Stephanie and her husband Reed of 38 years, reside in Kaysville, Utah.