The push for Title IX begins. Johnson finally added sex to the executive order in 1967. But it didn’t go far enough for many activists. One of them was Bernice Sandler, a university lecturer who ...

On the 35th anniversary of Title IX, SI.Com has identified some of the most influential people in the history of the landmark law, which requires athletic departments to offer programs in ...

American woman elected to Congress, and Bernice Sandler, known as the "Godmother of Title IX," fought to pass a law that ...

When Title IX was passed 50 years ago, there wasn’t a single mention of “sports” or “athletics” anywhere in the bill. The focus was on prohibiting sex-based discrimination and leveling ...

2022 marks the 50th anniversary of the passage of the Title IX of the Education Amendments Act of 1972. Since June 1972, when the first Asian-American congresswoman, Patsy Mink (D-HI), authored and ...

W ith March marking both March Madness and Women’s History Month, it’s a fitting time to look back at how far women’s sports have come since President Richard Nixon signed Title IX into law ...

To further develop how Title IX compliance would be examined at educational institutions, in 2002, the U.S. Secretary of Education created the 15-person Commission on Opportunity in Athletics—which ...

A timeline of how Title IX become law. The bill was introduced in the Senate on Feb. 28, 1972; The bill was passed by the Senate on March 1, 1972 ...

Women weren’t always a priority for Penn Athletics. Long before the establishment of Title IX, women's athletics at Penn were minor. Looking back 100 years, female students at Penn weren’t even ...

Origins of Title IX. Clip: Season 1 | 4m 1s Video has Closed Captions | CC. Learn about the legislative history of Title IX. Discover the story behind Title IX. Billie Jean King shares the ...

From September 2020 to August 2021, 228 reports were made to the Title IX Office, with 23 cases starting an investigation, according to the Chief Executive Officer Report for Texas Tech.

As I learned more about the early history of Title IX in the 1970s, I found that lobbyists and legislators mounted a formidable campaign to dilute and erode the law.