Class of '75 high schooler Louisa loves to play basketball and asks her school to start a girls basketball team. Little does she know that she'll soon be viciously targeted by the male coaches at her high school, or that she'll fall in love--a couple of times--as she fights for a fair chance to be an athlete. Based on the author's true story, seventeen-year-old Louisa wants to play basketball, but it's 1974 and the public schools in Portland, Oregon don't offer teams for girls. In a chance encounter with the famous feminist Gloria Steinem, Louisa learns about Title IX, the recently passed law that promises equal opportunities for girls, and she sets out to win a girls' basketball league for her city's public schools. The journey toward equality for girls in her high school and city takes her far beyond basketball. No Stopping Us Now is a story about finding one's own voice through the joys of sports, love, and the power of sisterhood.
Class of '75 high schooler Louisa loves to play basketball and asks her school to start a girls basketball team. Little does she know that she'll soon be viciously targeted by the male coaches at her high school, or that she'll fall in love--a couple of times--as she fights for a fair chance to be an athlete. Based on the author's true story, seventeen-year-old Louisa wants to play basketball, but it's 1974 and the public schools in Portland, Oregon don't offer teams for girls. In a chance encounter with the famous feminist Gloria Steinem, Louisa learns about Title IX, the recently passed law that promises equal opportunities for girls, and she sets out to win a girls' basketball league for her city's public schools. The journey toward equality for girls in her high school and city takes her far beyond basketball. No Stopping Us Now is a story about finding one's own voice through the joys of sports, love, and the power of sisterhood.