Articles written by Martha Lussenhop

Martha Lussenhop|Updated Mar 16, 2022

As I write on International Women’s Day, March 8, 2022, during Women’s History Month, I recall the letter that Paul Bennett contributed to the February 16 issue of The Nugget: “The impact of Title IX.” This law was written and signed by President Richard Nixon in 1972. Basically, Title IX prohibits sex-based discrimination in any school or other education program that receives funding from the federal government. Paul’s letter triggered memories of times in the late 1950s and early 1960s. Now 77 years old, I realize t... Full story