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Let me play the story of Title IX : the law that changed the future of girls in America

Up until the 1970s, if you were a girl, you were told you shouldn't play team sports, or go to college. But, in 1972, Title IX changed that, by ensuring that girls have the same opportunities as boys to participate in sports and classes. But that change did not come without a fight.

Main Author: Blumenthal, Karen.
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, c2005.
Edition: 1st ed.
Subjects:
Sex discrimination in sports > Law and legislation > United States > Juvenile literature.
Women athletes > Legal status, laws, etc. > United States > Juvenile literature.
Summary: Up until the 1970s, if you were a girl, you were told you shouldn't play team sports, or go to college. But, in 1972, Title IX changed that, by ensuring that girls have the same opportunities as boys to participate in sports and classes. But that change did not come without a fight.
Physical Description: 152 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (p. 144-146) and index.
ISBN: 0689859570
Author Notes: Karen Blumenthal (1959-2020) was a financial journalist and editor whose career included five years with The Dallas Morning News and twenty-five with The Wall Street Journal before becoming an award-winning children's nonfiction book writer. Three of her books were finalists for the YALSA Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults Award, and she was the author of Sibert Honor Book Six Days in October: The Stock Market Crash of 1929.

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