Let Me Play, Karen Blumenthal
Let Me Play, Karen Blumenthal
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Let Me Play
The Story of Title IX: The Law That Changed the Future of Girls in America

Author: Karen Blumenthal

Narrator: Christina Moore

Unabridged: 4 hr 24 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 10/31/2008


Synopsis

Did you know that state universities in Virginia turned away more than 20,000 women in the early 1960s, but not a single man was denied admission? In the 1970s, the University of Georgia men's golf team got all the golf balls they needed, while the women's team was allowed only one per round. Here listeners are treated to the origins of the historic Title IX legislation that, among other things, mandated equal funds must be available to boys' and girls' activities and interests. The seeds for Title IX were sown amidst the violent social upheavals of the 1960s. And through the perseverance of many women and civil rights advocates, it opened-and kept open-many doors for women beginning in 1972. A Junior Library Guild Selection and winner of the Jane Addams Children's Book Award, Let Me Play is an inspiring collection of stories about women fighting for equality. Read by Christina Moore, this rousing primer is the perfect introduction to a topic that will remain relevant for years to come. "A fascinating look at the birth, growth, stagnation, and final emergence of Title IX."-School Library Journal, starred review

About Karen Blumenthal

Karen Blumenthal (1959-2020) was a financial journalist and editor whose career included five years with The Dallas Morning News and twenty-five with The Wall Street Journal—where her work helped earn the paper a Pulitzer Prize for its breaking news coverage of the September 11, 2001 attacks—before becoming an award-winning children’s non-fiction book writer.Three of her books, Hillary Rodham Clinton: A Woman Living History, Steve Jobs: The Man Who Thought Different, and Bootleg: Murder, Moonshine, and the Lawless Years of Prohibition, were finalists for the YALSA Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults Award.Karen was also the author of Six Days in October: The Stock Market Crash of 1929 (named a Sibert Honor Book), Let Me Play: The Story of Title IX (winner of the Jane Addams Children’s Book Award), Tommy: The Gun That Changed America, Bonnie and Clyde: The Making of a Legend, and Jane Against the World: Roe v. Wade and the Fight for Reproductive Rights.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Jessica

An America without Title IX is unimaginable to me. It's hard to believe that a mere 43 years ago, girls had so few opportunities. The 19th Amendment is what finally recognized women as actual citizens; Title IX forced schools to begin to treat girls as actual students & student-athletes. I learned so......more

Goodreads review by Jessica

Nonfiction / Sports Let Me Play is about the circumstances and events of the creation of Title IX, the legislation that brought equality of the sexes into schools and, most prominently, into sports. Unfortunately, Let Me Play suffers from “textbook” syndrome: the story is choppy and the formatting is......more

Goodreads review by Keely

“Let Me Play” offers a thorough but fast-paced history of the origins of Title IX, its sometimes troubled tenure, and especially, its profound positive impact on opportunities for girls and women in education and sports. This book is geared toward middle grade readers who may never have heard of Tit......more