Athletics
"Women's USA Soccer Team. If Title IX needed a face to show
how transforming women's sports can be, it got a team of them."
- TIME Article: Best Sports of 1999
how transforming women's sports can be, it got a team of them."
- TIME Article: Best Sports of 1999
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Even though Title IX was created for education, the biggest unintended reform to date has been in sports. Through the years, women have narrowed the gap in sports inequality, but there have been some setbacks. There has been a dramatic decrease in the number of women coaches, and budget cuts have affected some non-revenue generating men's sports. Women's participation in sports has created a healthier society while giving them access to other benefits of playing sports such as leadership and perseverance.
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Source: Nike Commercial "If you let me play" , 1995
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Opposition
April 19th, 1967  Kathrine Switzer's 1967 Boston Marathon "Katherine Switzer...first women to run in the Boston Marathon...created a worldwide uproar when a race official tried to forcibly remove her from the competition."
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Tolerance
Sep 20th, 1973  Billie-Jean King v.s. Bobby Riggs, "Battle of the Sexes" tennis match. "..I wanted to use the King/Riggs match tochange the hearts and minds of society to more closely match the intent of Title IX."
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Acceptance
June 26th, 1978  "...Susan White a 19-year-old hurdler...'When I was in high school, I never dreamed of competing in a national meet. People are finally accepting us as athletes.'"
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Celebration
July 19th, 1999  "The U.S. women were good... they were on a mission to prove that women's team sports...deserve the same kind of attention, admiration and money that the guy's get."
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Impact of Title IX
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