60th Anniversary Film Series -- "Rise of the Wahine: Champions of Title IX"

60th Anniversary Film Series -- "Rise of the Wahine: Champions of Title IX"
Dr. Julia Morgan, assistant professor of philosophy, will present the 2014 documentary “Rise of the Wahine: Champions of Title IX.” In the years following the Civil Rights movement and the passage of Title IX in 1972, Dr. Donnis Thompson (a headstrong African-American female coach), Patsy Mink (the first Asian-American U.S. congresswoman), and Beth McLachlin (feisty team captain of the first Rainbow Wahine volleyball team), battle discrimination from the halls of Washington D.C. to the dusty volleyball courts of the University of Hawaii, fighting for the rights of young women to play sports.
Blaisdell Hall, University of Pittsburgh at Bradford
07:00 PM - 09:00 PM on Sat, 23 Mar 2024
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kmw61@pitt.edu
Blaisdell Hall, University of Pittsburgh at Bradford
300 Campus Drive
Bradford,
Pennsylvania
16701
8143625113
cmealy@pitt.edu