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Author Boschert, Sherry, author.

Title 37 words : Title IX and fifty years of fighting sex discrimination / Sherry Boschert.

Publication Info. New York : The New Press, 2022.

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 Mansfield, Main Library - Adult Nonfiction  344.7307 BOSCHERT    Check Shelf
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  344.7307 BOSCHERT    Check Shelf
 West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Non Fiction  344.0798 BOSCHERT    Check Shelf
Description 387 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-358) and index.
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.
Summary "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
Subject Sex discrimination in education -- Law and legislation -- United States -- History.
Sex discrimination against women -- Law and legislation -- United States -- History.
Educational equalization -- Law and legislation -- United States -- History.
Federal aid to education -- United States -- History.
Educational equalization -- Law and legislation. (OCoLC)fst00903424
Federal aid to education. (OCoLC)fst00922186
Sex discrimination against women -- Law and legislation. (OCoLC)fst01114381
Sex discrimination in education -- Law and legislation. (OCoLC)fst01114403
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Genre/Form History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Added Title Thirty seven words
ISBN 9781620975831 (hardcover)
1620975831 (hardcover)
9781620977293 (ebook)
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