Break point : two Minnesota athletes and the road to Title IX /

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"Break Point tells the story of how two Minnesota teenagers took on the inequitable system of high school athletics, setting a legal precedent for schools nationwide before the passage of Title IX. This scrupulously reported book is at heart the story of the girls whose pluck and determination-...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Brenden, Sheri, 1959- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Minneapolis, MN : University of Minnesota Press, [2022]
Subjects:
Brenden, Peggy, > 1954-
St. Pierre, Toni, > 1954 or 5-2013.
United States. > Education Amendments of 1972. > Title IX.
Education Amendments of 1972 (United States)
Sex discrimination in sports > Minnesota > History.
School sports > Minnesota > History.
Female high school athletes > Minnesota > Biography.
Discrimination sexuelle dans les sports > Minnesota > Histoire.
Sports scolaires > Minnesota > Histoire.
Sportives scolaires > Minnesota > Biographies.
SPORTS & RECREATION / Sociology of Sports
Sex discrimination in sports
School sports
Female high school athletes
Minnesota > Biography.
Minnesota > Biographies.
Minnesota
History
Biographies
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Prologue
  • The letter
  • Kill 'em with cool
  • Court strategy
  • Taking the stand
  • Educators and experts
  • In closing
  • Decision
  • Violation of the fourteenth amendment
  • Peggy's match
  • Toni's race
  • "The courts forced this on us"
  • Stand up.

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