sex discrimination

Offers a balanced overview of the laws, legislation, and events surrounding the issues.

Examines Title IX, the 1972 legislation which mandated that schools receiving federal funds could not discriminate on the basis of gender. and focuses on its effects in schools, politics, sports and the culture as a whole.

Presents the story of the thirteen women connected with NASA's Mercury 13 space mission, who braved prejudice and jealousy to make their mark and open the door for the female pilots and space commanders that would soon follow.

Explores the role education has played in gaining women's rights in America over the past one hundred years.

Offers an overview of sexual harassment and discrimination, discussing how women can identify it, avoid it, deal with it, and overcome it at school, in the workplace, and in everyday life.

Examines the legal and social issues associated with the rights of women to participate with men in contact sports; and explores topics such as the 1972 enactment of Title IX and the Equal Protection Clause of the U.S. Constitution.

Explores social, economic, and political influences on the lifestyle of today's young Chinese women.

Examines the women's revolt of the 1960s at Newsweek magazine and its impact on the feminist movement.

Examines the learning and behavioral gaps between boys and girls in the classroom and how those roles are often reversed in the workplace.

Examines over seventy-five cases in which the Supreme Court has reviewed laws based on gender distinction, looking at rulings affecting women in a broad range of areas including employment, abortion, maternity leave, military service, and others; and includes profiles of plaintiffs.