37 Words : : Title IX and Fifty Years of Fighting sex Discrimination

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Call Number: 344.73 Bo
On Shelf At: Downtown Library

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Strong -- 1969 -- Complaints -- 1970 -- Congress -- 1970-1972 -- Implementation -- 1972-1977 -- Sexual harassment -- 1977-1980 -- Enforcement -- 1975-1979 -- Backlash -- 1980-1990 -- Christine, Jackie, Rebecca, Nicole, Alida, LaShonda -- 1991-1999 -- Athletics -- 1992-1999 -- Retaliation -- 2000-2010 -- Sexual assault -- 2000-2010 -- Acceleration -- 2011-2014 -- Critical mass -- 2015-2016 -- Backlash -- 2017-2020 -- Fifty years -- The next fifty years.
"A sweeping history of the federal legislation that prohibits sex discrimination in education, published on the fiftieth anniversary of Title IX"-- Provided by publisher.
"By prohibiting sex discrimination in federally funded education, the 1972 legislation popularly known as Title IX profoundly changed the lives of millions in the United States, accelerating a movement for equal education in classrooms, on sports fields, and in all of campus life. 37 Words is the story of Title IX. Filled with rich characters—from Bernice Resnick Sandler, an early organizer for the law, to her trans grandchild—the story of Title IX is a legislative and legal drama with conflicts over regulations and challenges to the law. It's also a human story about women denied opportunities, students struggling for an education free from sexual harassment, and activists defying sexist discrimination. These intersecting narratives of women seeking an education, playing sports, and wanting protection from sexual harassment and assault map gains and setbacks for feminism in the last fifty years and show how some women benefit more than others. Award-winning journalist Sherry Boschert beautifully explores the gripping history of Title IX through the gutsy people behind it."--Amazon

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Learning About Title IX submitted by hiker15 on July 2, 2023, 9:06pm Excellent book describing the history of how Title IX came to be passed by the U.S. Congress. The book also adresses the different situations that Title IX applied to including: women's sports, discrimination of women being admitted to college, discrimination of women being hired or promoted as professors, women students being sexually assaulted at college by male students. The book was written in an engaging style and was very interesting to read.