Karen Blumenthal





Karen Blumenthal

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Some kids hate being picked last for sports teams. Karen Blumenthal would have been happy to have been picked last -- if it meant that she could play. But like most girls of her generation, she was stuck on the sidelines.

Title IX became law when Ms. Blumenthal was a young teen, and for years it represented a possibility that always seemed just out of reach. That's not so today: Most girls she knows play sports, and their opportunities are genuinely endless. Awed by the changes she has seen, Ms. Blumenthal set out to share the story of this untold social revolution. She spent two years scouring archives, academic works, and newspapers, tracking down participants and star athletes to help her reconstruct what happened.

A veteran Wall Street Jo...more


Average rating: 3.62 · 494 ratings · 196 reviews · 10 distinct works
Bootleg: Murder, Moonshine,...
3.72 of 5 stars 3.72 avg rating — 194 ratings — published 2011 — 2 editions
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Steve Jobs: The Man Who Tho...
4.06 of 5 stars 4.06 avg rating — 101 ratings — published 2012 — 6 editions
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Let Me Play: The Story of T...
3.13 of 5 stars 3.13 avg rating — 119 ratings — published 2005
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Six Days in October: The St...
3.83 of 5 stars 3.83 avg rating — 24 ratings — published 2002
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Grande Expectations: A Year...
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Mr. Sam: How Sam Walton Bui...
3.85 of 5 stars 3.85 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2011 — 2 editions
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The Wall Street Journal. Gu...
3.73 of 5 stars 3.73 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2009 — 4 editions
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Bootleg: Murder Moonshine a...
5.0 of 5 stars 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2011
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Grande Expectations: How Un...
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Nothing but Readi...: Level 2 of the Serious Readers Challenge for 2011 252 316 Jan 03, 2012 12:26am  
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