Susan Ware, celebrated feminist historian and biographer, is the author of American Women’s History: A Very Short Introduction and Letter to the World: Seven Women Who Shaped the American Century, among other books. She is the editor of American Women’s Suffrage: Voices from the Long Struggle for the Vote, 1776–1965 and is Honorary Women’s Suffrage Centennial Historian at Radcliffe’s Schlesinger Library.
I bought this book because I was interested in the development of Title IX. I was also interested in learning the laws, regulations and court cases associated with the law and women’s athletics. The first part of the book largely served that purpose. The second part of the book was a series of articles and perspectives on the impact of the Title IX. These articles were probably geared towards starting classroom discussions. All in all, a good starter book for people interested in Title IX.
Favorite quote: “It’s OK to have sympathy for every male who loses his opportunity to play, but you must have unbiased sympathy. You have to feel just as sorry for every woman who didn’t have the chance to play, for women who still, at the institutional level, are not getting chances to play, who are not getting benefits, and you simply can’t discriminate on the basis of sex in your empathy.”
read this for school and had some experience with learning about title ix prior to reading. there was a mix of pro title ix and anti title ix sources but not many anti title ix sources, i think there should have been more anti title ix stuff.
Very enjoyable and full of information. I learned a lot more about Title IX and how it came about. Again had to read this book for my women's history course.