Let Me Play: The Story of Title IX: The Law That Changed the Future of Girls in America

Let Me Play: The Story of Title IX: The Law That Changed the Future of Girls in America
by Karen Blumenthal

Let Me Play: The Story of Title IX: The Law That Changed the Future of Girls in America
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Author: Karen Blumenthal
Edition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2005-06-21
ISBN: 0689859570
Number of pages: 160
Reading Level: Ages 9-12
Publisher: Atheneum

Book Reviews of Let Me Play: The Story of Title IX: The Law That Changed the Future of Girls in America

Book Review: a must read for any middle school or high school age girl
Summary: 5 Stars

I am a middle school English and Social Studies teacher, and I just finished reading this book. I think it's a must read for any middle school or high school age girl. It's a bit dry in parts, but has a good explanation of how our government actually works with respect to a topic that has certainly affected their lives (whether they know it or not!) There are some more interesting side bars, and I really enjoyed the charts of statistics showing how the numbers of girls and women in different areas of sports and education increased every year following passage of the law. I think current teens will be surprised to find out how little was allowed for (or expected of) girls even at the time that their moms were entering school.

Summary of Let Me Play: The Story of Title IX: The Law That Changed the Future of Girls in America

Can girls play softball? Can girls be school crossing guards? Can girls play basketball or ice hockey or soccer? Can girls become lawyers or doctors or engineers?

Of course they can...

today. But just a few decades ago, opportunities for girls were far more limited, not because they weren't capable of playing or didn't want to become doctors or lawyers, but because they weren't allowed to. Then quietly, in 1972, something momentous happened: Congress passed a law called "Title IX," forever changing the lives of American girls.

Hundreds of determined lawmakers, teachers, parents, and athletes carefully plotted to ensure that the law was passed, protected, and enforced. Time and time again, they were pushed back by ?erce opposition. But as a result of their perseverance, millions of American girls can now play sports. Young women make up half of the nation's medical and law students, and star on the best basketball, soccer, and softball teams in the world. This small law made a huge difference.

From the Sibert Honor-winning author of Six Days in October comes this powerful tale of courage and persistence, the stories of the people who believed that girls could do anything -- and were willing to fight to prove it.

A Junior Library Guild Selection

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