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 therce 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

 

This book is the winner of numerous awards. It was recognised in the Older Children category by the Jane Addams Children's Book Award. It was recognised in the Teen category by the Rhode Island Book Awards. It also was recognised in the Ages 10-14 Years category by the Capitol Choices Noteworthy Books for Children and Teens.

There are 160 pages in this book. This book was published 2005 by Simon & Schuster .

Karen Blumenthal is a former "Wall Street Journal" bureau chief and the author of "Let Me Play: The Story of Title IX. " She lives with her family in Dallas, Texas.