Now you can preorder 37 Words!

I’m thrilled to announce that now you can preorder 37 Words: Title IX and Fifty Years of Fighting Sex Discrimination (The New Press, 2022). Order now and you’ll be one of the first to receive the book when it ships on March 8, 2022. On the publisher’s site you’ll find several options for purchasing. I encourage you to support an independent bookstore by preordering through Bookshop.org.

This book is my seven-year labor of love to give the full history of Title IX, published in time for the law’s 50th anniversary in June 2022. The federal legislation more formally known as Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 prohibited sex discrimination in education. Various civil rights movements used this tool to profoundly change the lives of women, girls, and nonbinary students in the United States. I tell the history through the stories of gutsy people whose lives intersected with Title IX in pivotal ways. From the late, great “godmother of Title IX” Bernice Sandler to her trans grandchild. From women demanding jobs and fair pay to activists in athletics to student leaders in the decades-long movement against sexual violence.

Title IX’s story is far from over. Its promise of a fair education for all regardless of sex or gender has yet to be fulfilled. If you’re wondering why this still is a problem, and what to do about it, read 37 Words.

Preorders will help build buzz for the book! Your support is greatly appreciated!