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Fall Down Seven Times, Stand Up Eight: Patsy Takemoto Mink and the Fight for Title IX by Jen Bryant

January 19, 2022 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Did you know that Title IX was not just for athletes? It started out as not forty words that said that women had to be treated equally in all matters: education, and sports alike. Of course, that was only one thing Patsy Takemoto (later Patsy Mink) would do in her life. A young Patsy lived in Maui. She knew her family had come to this country for a better life and that meant (though she was not sure at the time) an education. At four-years-old […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, History, Non-Fiction, Sports Tagged With: discrimination, Education, hawaii, Japan, Jen Bryant, Patsy Mink, Patsy Takemoto, politics, Social Themes, Toshiki Nakamura, United States - 20th Century

BlackRaven's CBR14 Review No:23 · Genres: Children's Books, History, Non-Fiction, Sports · Tags: discrimination, Education, hawaii, Japan, Jen Bryant, Patsy Mink, Patsy Takemoto, politics, Social Themes, Toshiki Nakamura, United States - 20th Century ·
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