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Jen Welter grew up without female role models in the NFL. Then she joined the Arizona Cardinals. 

Jen Welter participates in on-field drills as the Arizona Cardinals train at University of Phoenix Stadium on Aug. 1, 2015, in Glendale, Arizona.

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On The Gist, third-party voters should answer for Donald Trump’s terrible policies at home and warmongering around the world.

In the interview, fields don’t get much more male-dominated than those of the NFL. Our guest Jen Welter made history as the first woman to hold a coaching position in the league, training the Arizona Cardinals’ inside linebackers in the 2015 preseason. Welter is the author of Play Big: Lessons in Being Limitless From the First Woman to Coach in the NFL.

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