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

2005

Title:	Let me play : the story of Title IX : the law that changed the future of girls in America / Karen Blumenthal.
Author:	Blumenthal, Karen.
Format:	Book
Edition:	First edition.
Publisher, Date:	New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, [2005] ©2005.
Description:	152 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
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.
Subjects:	Sex discrimination in sports -- Law and legislation -- United States -- Juvenile literature. Women athletes -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States -- Juvenile literature. Sex discrimination in sports -- Law and legislation -- United States Women athletes -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States.
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 144-146) and index.
Contents:	Introduction: A view from the sidelines -- The champion -- The playing field -- Pregame preparation -- Opening kickoff -- Political football -- Changing the rules -- Crying foul -- Play ball! -- Time-out -- Comeback -- Epilogue: Extra innings -- A Title IX time line -- Then and now -- A personal note.
ISBN:	0689859570 9780689859571
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Karen Blumenthal is the author of Let Me Play: The Story of Title IX: The Law That Changed the Future of Girls in America; and Six Days in October: The Stock Market Crash of 1929, a 2003 Sibert Honor Book. A veteran Wall Street Journal editor and reporter and a die-hard sports fan, she lives with her husband and two daughters in Dallas, Texas. - (Simon and Schuster)

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. - (Simon and Schuster)

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