Way to Work: Legendary Coach Marian Washington and her Landmark Success of Title IX, a Retrospective Phenomenology

by Michele Reillo

Overview

Way to Work is a compelling phenomenology that chronicles the extraordinary success of Coach Marian Washington. Against insurmountable odds, Coach Washington exceled on the court, triumphed as a coach and contributed to the enactment of the civil rights law dubbed Title IX. The greatest challenge of Title IX was not in the passage of the law, but in the implementation. Illuminated against historical highlights, Way to Work describes Coach Washington's plight to achieve equality for women in athletics and defines the enormity of her triumph in making Title IX a lifelong reality for all women in sport.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940151507745
Publisher:	MBMA GROUP LLC
Publication date:	06/01/2015
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	136
File size:	10 MB

About the Author

Michele R. Reillo is a native of Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Reillo received her baccalaureate in nursing from the University of Maryland, her master’s degree in gerontology and her doctorate in education from Notre Dame of Maryland University. Michele received a Schweitzer Fellowship which she completed at John Hopkins University. Dr. Reillo is a pioneer in hyperbaric medicine and HIV/AIDS. Over the course of thirty years, she has authored several books and numerous professional research publications , including the applauded title AIDS Under Pressure. She attributes her dedication to the science of healing to her participation in athletics throughout her lifetime, lessons afforded to her under Title IX and the far reaching effects of the pioneering efforts of Coach Marian Washington.