by admin | Feb 7, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Wednesday was National Girls and Women in Sports Day, and with the 50th anniversary of Title IX coming up later this year, it was a momentous one. State of play: Though the investment gap between men’s and women’s sports remains wide, the past few weeks...
by admin | Jan 6, 2022 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
After surviving World War II as a girl in Scotland, sometimes zipped into a one-piece garment called a siren suit and hastened into a bomb shelter built by her father, Christine Grant took up sports. From that point, she often said, she could not imagine her life...
by admin | Apr 13, 2021 | #MeToo, SEW
A former student is suing the University of Evansville, alleging she was sexually assaulted by former men’s basketball coach Walter McCarty and that the school failed to provide a safe environment. The Title IX lawsuit was filed Monday. In it, the former...
by admin | Mar 15, 2021 | Representation, SEW
In 1972, 37 words would forever change sports for American girls and women. Before Title IX became law, prohibiting sex discrimination in federally funded schools, fewer than 300,000 girls played high school sports. That number is now over 3 million. Read...
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