A Place on the Team : The Triumph and Tragedy of Title IX /

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A Place on the Team is the inside story of how Title IX revolutionized American sports. The federal law guaranteeing women's rights in education, Title IX opened gymnasiums and playing fields to millions of young women previously locked out. Journalist Welch Suggs chronicles both the law's...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Suggs, Welch
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 2005.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
États-Unis. > Title IX of Education Amendments of 1972.
États-Unis. > Education Amendments of 1972. > Title IX > Histoire.
United States. > Education Amendments of 1972. > Title IX > History.
Education Amendments of 1972 (United States)
Frau.
Sport universitaire.
Sexisme.
Histoire.
Femme.
Droit.
Sexual discrimination.
Women.
Education.
Sport.
United States of America.
Frau
Diskriminierung
Frauensport
Gesetzgebung
Sports for women > Law and legislation.
Sports for women.
Sex discrimination in sports > Law and legislation.
Sex discrimination in sports.
LAW > Sports.
TRAVEL > Special Interest > Sports.
GAMES > Gambling > Sports.
SPORTS & RECREATION > Reference.
SPORTS & RECREATION > Business Aspects.
SPORTS & RECREATION > History.
SPORTS & RECREATION > Essays.
Discrimination sexuelle dans les sports > Droit > États-Unis > Histoire.
Sports feminins > Droit > États-Unis.
Discrimination sexuelle dans les sports > États-Unis > Histoire.
Sports feminins > États-Unis > Histoire.
Sex discrimination in sports > Law and legislation > United States > History.
Sports for women > Law and legislation > United States > History.
Sex discrimination in sports > United States > History.
Sports for women > United States > History.
USA.
États-Unis.
USA
United States.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:A Place on the Team is the inside story of how Title IX revolutionized American sports. The federal law guaranteeing women's rights in education, Title IX opened gymnasiums and playing fields to millions of young women previously locked out. Journalist Welch Suggs chronicles both the law's successes and failures-the exciting opportunities for women as well as the commercial and recruiting pressures of modern-day athletics. Enlivened with tales from Suggs's reportage, the book clears up the muddle of interpretation and opinion surrounding Title IX. It provides not only a lucid description of ho.
Physical Description:1 online resource (296 pages).
ISBN:9781400826544

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