Here’s a great example of how advocacy can make a difference as we do the work to promote gender equity. A great story about leadership — here an 11 year old girl.
Molly Duerig, WLP Intern
It’s been forty years since the passage of Title IX, a crucial piece of legislation that prohibits sex discrimination in federally-funded educational programs. Although we’ve come a long way, cases continue to pop up that prove we still have a good deal of work to do before we obtain gender equity.
Last month, Ms. Magazine featured a story about eleven-year-old Charlotte Murphy of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Charlotte was distraught last year when her public elementary school disbanded the girls’ basketball team for a season due to lack of funding. Then she learned that the boys’ basketball team would continue to operate as normal that season.
Charlotte was upset about the school’s decision. However, unlike most people, she chose to speak up and call attention to the school district’s mistake. She wrote a letter to the Superintendent of Pittsburgh Public Schools, Dr. Linda Lane, explaining that her school violated…
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