37 words Title IX and fifty years of fighting sex discrimination

Sherry Boschert

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

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Published
New York : The New Press 2022.
Language
English
Main Author
Sherry Boschert (author)
Physical Description
387 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN
9781620975831
  • 1. Strong-1969
  • 2. Complaints-1970
  • 3. Congress-1970-1972
  • 4. Implementation-1972-1977
  • 5. Sexual Harassment-1977-1980
  • 6. Enforcement-1975-1979
  • 7. Backlash-1980-1990
  • 8. Christine, Jackie, Rebecca, Nicole, Alida, LaShonda-1991-1999
  • 9. Athletics-1992-1999
  • 10. Retaliation-2000-2010
  • 11. Sexual Assault-2000-2010
  • 12. Acceleration-2011-2014
  • 13. Critical Mass-2015-2016
  • 14. Backlash-2017-2020
  • 15. Fifty Years
  • 16. The Next Fifty Years
  • Acknowledgments
  • Text of Tide IX of the Education Amendments of 1912
  • Lists of Characters and Acronyms
  • Notes
  • Index
Review by Booklist Review

Journalist Boschert writes an exhaustive, much-needed history of Title IX, detailing the civil-rights law's many transformations since its inception in 1972. Boschert uses key figures and their contributions as story arcs, adding engaging narrative to a sometimes dense, information-heavy text. She focuses on Bernice Sandler, who helped initiate Title IX after she suspected her difficulty getting tenure had more to do with her gender than her abilities. Sandler gathered evidence of widespread discrimination across the country's education field, which was used to argue the need for a new law. Other significant Title IX shapers include lawyer Pamela Price, whose landmark cases established that sexual harassment is discrimination, and Diane Milutinovich, who stood for equality in college sports at Fresno State. Boschert doesn't shy away from Title IX's shortcomings; progress has been incremental, setbacks were suffered depending on which political party was in power, and Black women and girls, people with disabilities, and transgender women were often left out. A valuable, well-researched, and nuanced history on an important subject.

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Review by Publisher's Weekly Review

Journalist Boschert (Plug in Hybrids) chronicles in this inspiring history how Title IX, which bans sex discrimination in federally funded education, has evolved from its passage in 1972 to the present day. Noting that the law was initially designed to address gaps in the 1963 Equal Pay Act and the 1964 Civil Rights Act, Boschert focuses on three key women who helped shape Title IX. University of Maryland doctoral candidate Bernice Resnick Sandler came up with the idea of using universities' federal contracts to file class action complaints demanding fairness in hiring and admissions. Yale University student Pamela Price was one of the plaintiffs in 1977's Alexander v. Yale, which established that sexual harassment was a form of sex discrimination. Diane Milutinovich, an athletics administrator at CSU Fresno, used Title IX in the 1990s to insist on equal resources for men's and women's sports. Throughout, Boschert emphasizes that protection under the law is not automatic but relies on pressure from government officials and outside activists; stresses the importance of Title IX in addressing inequities that are grounded in both race and gender; and highlights the persistence and optimism of the educators, lawyers, students, and athletes she profiles. Readers will take heart in this story of hard won progress in the fight for equality. (Mar.)

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Review by Library Journal Review

With this detailed work, Boschert (Plug-In Hybrids: The Cars That Will Recharge America) puts a human face on Title IX, the law that revolutionized gender equity in U.S. education when it was passed in 1972. Beginning with the early days of the movement for the amendment, she describes some of the people who faced discrimination in schools and academic hiring and who lobbied for change. Later chapters delve into two of Title IX's most significant areas of impact, equity in sports and campus responses to sexual assault and harassment, focusing especially on Fresno State and Yale but also discussing the major impact and advocacy at colleges and high schools across the country. Boschert illustrates connections between Title IX and the #MeToo and Black Lives Matter movements and shows how its reach has extended deep into American culture and social change. However, she stresses that while a long history of activism and sacrifice made Title IX possible, the battle for educational equity still has a long way to go. VERDICT Readers will finish this book with a clearer understanding of Title IX's impact, its shortcomings, and the continued threats faced by female students as they seek access to educational opportunities.--Sarah Schroeder

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