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More than Title IX : how equity in education has shaped the nation / Katherine Hanson, Vivian Guilfoy and Sarita Pillai.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hanson, Katherine, 1948-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Women--Education--United States.
- Women.
- Women--Education.
- United States.
- Educational equalization--United States.
- Educational equalization.
- Sex discrimination against women--United States.
- Sex discrimination against women.
- Physical Description:
- xxiii, 339 pages ; 24 cm
- Other Title:
- More than Title nine
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, [2009]
- Summary:
- More Than Title IX highlights the impact of one of the most powerful instruments of change toward greater gender equality in America 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. By showing how hard-won changes in education have improved life for women in America over the past century, the authors remind readers not to take freedoms for granted.
- Contents:
- 1 Taking Down the No Trespassing Signs 1
- 2 Jill and Jack Go Off to School 39
- 3 Woman as Subject 81
- 4 What a Way to Make a Living 119
- 5 Play Like a Girl 161
- 6 Woman of the House 199
- 7 Reflections 251.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780742566408
- 0742566404
- 9780742566422
- 0742566420
- OCLC:
- 310224820
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