History
This year, Title IX was signed into law.
What is 1972?
Title IX was not seen as controversial until people found out it could be applied to what?
What are sports?
This Big Ten university was the first Division I school to add women's wrestling as a sport.
What is the University of Iowa?
This was the first sexual harassment case brought under Title IX.
What is Alexander v. Yale?
Before Title IX, this association governed women's collegiate athletics instead of the NCAA.
What is the AIAW?
After complaints about Title IX, the OCR informed high schools and colleges that they had how long to comply?
What is 1 year and 3 years?
This organization serves as a comprehensive resource for issues related to gender and race in amateur, collegiate, and professional sports and the media.
What is TIDES?
This Ivy League university was sued in 1996 for failing to provide equal opportunities for female athletes.
What is Brown University?
This US President Signed Title IX into law.
Who is Richard Nixon?
Title IX was born out of updates to this 1964 act.
What is the Civil Rights Act?
This organization initially opposed Title IX's application to athletics, arguing that it would harm men's sports.
What is the NCAA?
Who are underprivileged racial/ethnic minorities?
This group within the US Department of Education developed the enforcement guidelines for Title IX.
What is the OCR?
Title IX opponents argued that its proportionality test created this type of system.
What is a quota system?
This legendary Tennessee women's basketball coach began her coaching career the same year Title IX passed into law and was a strong advocate.
Who is Pat Summitt?
This high-profile lawsuit accused US Soccer of violating gender equity laws, citing Title IX's impact as a part of their case.
What is the US Women's National Team's equal pay lawsuit?
This US President vetoed the Civil Rights Restoration Act in 1987, which declared that Congress had originally intended Title IX to be applied to sport programs because school sports were educational.
Who is Ronald Reagan?
In 1979, the OCR established these 3 legal tests to assess Title IX compliance.
What are the proportionality, history of progress, and accommodation of interest tests?
Title IX requires schools to provide male and female athletes with equal access to these three key resources.
What are scholarships, facilities, and equipment?
In 2023, Title IX debates intensified over the participation of these athletes in women's college sports, with lawsuits and state policies shaping the discussion.
Who are transgender athletes?