More Than Title IX: How Equity in Education has Shaped the Nation
Women in America have come a long way in the last hundred years, from lacking the right to vote to holding some of the highest profile positions in the country. But this change has not come without struggle. More Than Title IX highlights the impact of one of the most powerful instruments of change—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. The narrative blends historical analysis with dynamic interview excerpts with people whose actions made a difference in both educational equity and in the country as a whole. By showing how hard-won changes in education have improved life for women and men in America over the past century, the authors remind readers not to take freedoms for granted. The paperback edition features a new Preface, as well as a glossary and timeline of key moments in gender relations in America.
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More Than Title IX: How Equity in Education has Shaped the Nation
Women in America have come a long way in the last hundred years, from lacking the right to vote to holding some of the highest profile positions in the country. But this change has not come without struggle. More Than Title IX highlights the impact of one of the most powerful instruments of change—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. The narrative blends historical analysis with dynamic interview excerpts with people whose actions made a difference in both educational equity and in the country as a whole. By showing how hard-won changes in education have improved life for women and men in America over the past century, the authors remind readers not to take freedoms for granted. The paperback edition features a new Preface, as well as a glossary and timeline of key moments in gender relations in America.
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More Than Title IX: How Equity in Education has Shaped the Nation
Women in America have come a long way in the last hundred years, from lacking the right to vote to holding some of the highest profile positions in the country. But this change has not come without struggle. More Than Title IX highlights the impact of one of the most powerful instruments of change—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. The narrative blends historical analysis with dynamic interview excerpts with people whose actions made a difference in both educational equity and in the country as a whole. By showing how hard-won changes in education have improved life for women and men in America over the past century, the authors remind readers not to take freedoms for granted. The paperback edition features a new Preface, as well as a glossary and timeline of key moments in gender relations in America.
Katherine Hanson was previously managing director of the Gender, Diversities, and Technology Institute at Education Development Center, Inc., and is currently a writer and artist in New York. Vivian Guilfoy is senior vice president and director of education, employment, and community programs at Education Development Center, Inc. Sarita Pillai is a senior project director at Education Development Center, Inc.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Many Waves, One Ocean Chapter 2: Taking Down the No Trespassing Signs Chapter 3: Jill and Jack Go Off to School Chapter 4: Woman as Subject Chapter 5: What a Way to Make a Living Chapter 6: Play Like a Girl Chapter 7: Woman of the House Chapter 8: Ride the Wave
What People are Saying About This
Ruta Sevo
More Than Title IX is the story of how our society was transformed by opening education to women, by law. Testimonies from leaders tell us what it took, and how long, to accomplish this kind of fundamental change. We also see that the real impacts of Title IX in schools would have been slower to realize without federally funded technical assistance centers. As the details show, we should never take equal opportunity for granted, and we are not there yet. More Than Title IX will significantly help us build on hard-earned progress.
Susan Ware
Is the glass half full or half empty when it comes to gender equity in education? This valuable and comprehensive work highlights the major transformations that have occurred since the 1970s but never loses sight of how much more remains to be done. The stories of individual activists are especially illuminating.
Joan Malczewski
More than Title IX describes the development of gender equity in education and its relationship to a cultural shift in gender roles. The resulting narrative about the dynamic process that took place between the 'ordinary' people of the movement and its institutions and laws is inspirational, and compels us to think about how to build on the lessons that were learned.
