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Melissa Isaacson
Verified
Contributor, Freelance
Chicago
Beats
Politics
Stocks and bond markets.
Content
By Melissa Isaacson| Daily Northwestern Verified Melissa Isaacson, Op-Ed ContributorI had never heard of Title IX in the winter of 1972. And if someone had told me what it meant, as a restless fifth-grader who spent most of my time chasing after my brothers and the other boys in the neighborhood, I probably couldn’t have fully grasped it. What I did know is that there were tryouts for a new girls’ basketball team at Lincoln Hall Junior High the following year, and I could not have imagined more exciting news.
By Melissa Isaacson| Daily Herald Verified Updated 6/20/2022 6:19 AM@ The first time I encountered John Mullin, I knew I was in trouble. He was the Bears' beat writer for the Daily Herald, a presence not to be ignored, and I was the new fresh-off-maternity-leave Bears writer for the Tribune. He was good, I was not. He had sources and relationships and a deep reservoir of football knowledge. I did not.
By Melissa Isaacson| Daily Northwestern Verified Melissa Isaacson, Op-Ed ContributorI had never heard of Title IX in the winter of 1972. And if someone had told me what it meant, as a restless fifth-grader who spent most of my time chasing after my brothers and the other boys in the neighborhood, I probably couldn’t have fully grasped it. What I did know is that there were tryouts for a new girls’ basketball team at Lincoln Hall Junior High the following year, and I could not have imagined more exciting news.
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Freelance
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