Fifty Years of Title IX: How 37 Words Changed America

A “valuable, well-researched and nuanced history” (Booklist) of the groundbreaking law that transformed education, athletics, and gender equity in the United States-and the battles still being fought todayIn 1972, thirty-seven words quietly entered federal law and ignited a revolution:“No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance.”Title IX redefined what was possible for women and girls in America’s schools-from access to classrooms and sports fields to protection from sexual harassment and assault.In Fifty Years of Title IX, a book The Washington Monthly calls “an impressive feat,” award-winning journalist Sherry Boschert traces the dramatic story of how this pivotal law came to be, how it has evolved, and why it remains a powerful-and contested-force in the struggle for gender justice. Through meti