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Book

37 words : Title IX and fifty years of fighting sex discrimination

Call Number

  • 344.0798 B7426 (CEN)

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Publication Information

New York : The New Press, 2022.

Physical Description

387 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Summary

"A sweeping history of the federal legislation that prohibits sex discrimination in education, published on the fiftieth anniversary of Title IX"--

"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

Contents

  • 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
  • Text of Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972.

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