Gender Inequality in Sports: From Title IX to World Titles

by Kirstin Cronn-Mills

Book Overview

"We trained just as hard and we have just as much love for our sport. We deserve to play just as much as any other athlete. . . . I am sick and tired of being treated like I am second rate. I plan on standing up for what is right and fighting for equality." --Sage Ohlensehlen, Women's Swim Team Captain at the University of Iowa

Fifty years ago, US president Richard Nixon signed Title IX into law, making it illegal for federally funded education...

• Format: Library Binding
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1728419476
• ISBN13: 9781728419473
• Release Date: April 2022
• Publisher: Twenty-First Century Books (Tm)
• Length: 120 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.1"
• Age Range: 13 to 18 years
• Grade Range: Grade 8 to Postsecondary