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Author Hanson, Katherine, 1948-

Title More than Title IX : how equity in education has shaped the nation / Katherine Hanson, Vivian Guilfoy and Sarita Pillai
Published Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, ©2009

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Description 1 online resource (xxiii, 339 pages)
Contents Introduction: many waves, one ocean -- Taking down the no trespassing signs -- Jill and Jack go off to school -- Woman as subject -- What a way to make a living -- Play like a girl -- Woman of the house -- Reflections -- Gender equity timeline
Summary Women in America have come a long way in the last hundred years, from lacking the right to vote to holding some of the highest profile positions in the country. But this change has not come without struggle. More Than Title IX highlights the impactof one of the most powerful instruments of change--education. The book takes readers behind the scenes of some of the most influential moments for gender equity in education and tells the dramatic stories of the women and men who made these changes possible. The narrative blends historical analysis with dynamic interview excerpts with people whose act
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 319-323) and index
Notes English
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Subject Women -- Education -- United States
Educational equalization -- United States
Sex discrimination against women -- United States
EDUCATION -- Students & Student Life.
Educational equalization
Sex discrimination against women
Women -- Education
United States
Form Electronic book
Author Guilfoy, Vivian, 1941-
Pillai, Sarita
LC no. 2021678810
ISBN 9780742566422
0742566420
9786612497261
6612497262
0742566420
Other Titles More than Title nine