by admin | Jun 14, 2022 | Representation, SEW
The notification that San Diego State was cutting its women’s rowing program was delivered, like most bad news in 2020, in a Zoom meeting. Madison Fisk sat at a desk in her bedroom in the off-campus house she shared with several teammates in November 2020 and...
by admin | Jun 13, 2022 | Representation, SEW
In the 50 years since Title IX passed, women went from having a fraction of the Olympic medal events of men to carrying Team USA, despite still having fewer medal opportunities. The value of the U.S. women, and by extension the impact of Title IX, was clear on the...
by admin | Jun 10, 2022 | Representation, SEW
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 the playing field for girls and women in education, but it didn’t take long for...
by admin | Jun 1, 2022 | Representation, SEW
When it became law in 1972, Title IX gave millions of female athletes new opportunities to play. For a generation that grew up with those opportunities as a given, the focus has shifted: the goal now is to perform, not merely participate. This spring, these top...
by admin | May 26, 2022 | Representation, SEW
USA TODAY’s “Title IX: Falling short at 50” exposes how top U.S. colleges and universities still fail to live up to the landmark law that bans sexual discrimination in education. Title IX, which turns 50 this summer, requires equity across a broad range of areas in...
by admin | May 19, 2022 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
For women of my generation, born a decade or more after Title IX was passed, the law had an almost mythical air. I often heard it referred to vaguely to explain why every girl I knew played some kind of sport. I doubt whether anyone my age could quote or explain Title...
by admin | Apr 20, 2022 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
Ahead of the 50th anniversary of Title IX, tennis star and activist Billie Jean King joins Andrea Mitchell to talk about her contributions to women’s rights in athletics and beyond, including her victory in the 1973 “Battle of the Sexes” tennis match. “For me, it was...
by admin | Apr 5, 2022 | Pay Equity, Representation, SEW
During her 28 years as a college basketball head coach, Joanne P. McCallie often had to push her bosses to provide more for her women’s teams. She would look at the men’s basketball programs where she worked and see the inequities: higher salaries for the coaches, a...
by admin | Mar 2, 2022 | Representation, SEW
As March kicks off Women’s History Month, CBS Sports is celebrating 50 years of Title IX with several interviews with trailblazers across the sports landscape. United States women’s national team star and Kansas City Current midfielder Samantha Mewis sat...
by admin | Feb 28, 2022 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
South Carolina State women’s basketball coach Audra Smith was fired Thursday, a day after she sued the school in federal court alleging Title IX violations and discriminatory practices at the university. Smith had led the women’s team the past four seasons...
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