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Women in sports media

2018
Learn about the women who earn their living bringing you information about sports on TV, in newspapers, and online.
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He who dreams

A soccer star surprises everyone by signing up for Indigenous dance classes.

Malala Yousafzai

Looks as the life of Malala Yousafzai, a young Pakistani woman who was shot by the Taliban for sharing her views about education for and the unfair treatment of girls and women and won the Nobel Peace Prize.

The girl who ran

Bobbi Gibb, the first woman to run the Boston Marathon
When Bobbi Gibb saw the Boston Marathon her mind was set---she had to be part of it. This picture book tells the true story of how she broke the rules in 1966, and through grit and determination, changed the world.

Gender politics

A collection of articles that examine the issue of gender politics, specifically the rights of women.

Malala

activist for girls' education
2017
An illustrated biography of Malala Yousafzai, a Muslim teenage girl from Pakistan, who advocates for education of women and children, and whom the Taliban attempted to assassinate on October 9, 2012.

Roberts v. Jaycees

women's rights
2009
Discusses the historical, legal, and social aspects of the 1984 Supreme Court case of "Roberts v. U.S. Jaycees," which established the right for women to be given equal consideration and access in private business groups.

Under the bus

how working women are being run over
2015
"Caroline Fredrickson is a powerful advocate and D.C. insider who has witnessed the legislative compromises that leave out temps, farmworkers, employees of small businesses, immigrants, and other workers who fall outside an intentionally narrow definition of "employees." The women in this fast-growing part of the workforce are denied minimum wage, maternity leave, health care, the right to unionize, and protection from harassment and discrimination-all within the bounds of the law. If current trends continue, their fate will be the future of all American workers."--Provided by publisher.

Combatting discrimination against women in the gamer community

2017
Explores discrimination against women in the gamer community and how to combat it.

Slut!

growing up female with a bad reputation
2000
This collection of oral histories of girls and women examines how they overcame their sexual labels and adds a cogent analysis of the underlying problem of sexual stereotyping.

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