Let Me Play
Book description
Can girls play softball? Can girls be school crossing guards? Can girls become lawyers or doctors or engineers? Of course they can... today. But just a few decades ago, opportunities for girls were far more limited, not because they weren't capable or didn't want to, but because they weren't allowedâŚ
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1 author picked Let Me Play as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
Todayâs young readers canât believe that when I was in high school, our basketball team was only allowed in the gym when the boys werenât using it. They canât believe there was a time when people thought girls shouldnât play competitive sports. But really, who could believe it? Who could believe it would take an act of Congress â the 1972 law known as Title IX â to guarantee girls and women the right to equal opportunities in every academic field and in athletics? I love this book because it tells the story of Title IX, a law that mandatedâŚ
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