Office for Civil Rights helped, hindered Title IX

July 1, 2016
Cindy Brown Office for Civil Rights Sports video
Cindy Brown, Deborah Ashford, Martin Gerry, OCR, Office for Civil Rights, sports, Title IX

Republican and Democratic Administrations have different track records for Office of Civil Rights enforcement of Title IX. (The OCR is part of the Executive Branch.) Three videos in this blog — with former OCR officials Martin Gerry, Cindy Brown, and Deborah Ashford — give a taste of that divide from the 1970s under the Nixon, Ford, and Carter Administrations. After Title IX became law in 1972, the Department of Health, Education and Welfare (HEW) had to write regulations to implement the law. That’s standard procedure, usually accomplished in a matter of months for many laws, but the Nixon and Ford […]

Video history from women behind Title IX

February 21, 2015
Gleaves McKindra Greenberger People Sandler video
37 words, Alexandra Bueck, athletics, Bernice Sandler, Cheryl Fields, Cynthia Brown, Deborah Ashford, Francelia Gleaves McKindra, Holly Knox, Kay Meckes, Marcia Greenberger, Margaret Dunkle, Margot Polivy, Mary Ann Millsap, Mink, Title IX, uppity women

Eleven of the women most closely involved in the struggle to implement Title IX gathered on January 26, 2015 to give a living history of this most important legislation for U.S. women since the right to vote. Focusing mainly on the early years after its passage in 1972, they also shared their fears that Title IX’s hard-won gains could be lost if people don’t remain vigilant in supporting it. I’m thankful to Margaret Dunkle for organizing the luncheon at the Woman’s National Democratic Club and for including me as I research my book on the people behind Title IX.

Title IX foremothers gather in D.C.

January 31, 2015
Gleaves McKindra Greenberger People Sandler
37 words, Bernice Sandler, Carter, Deborah Ashford, Hillary Rodham, Title IX

I’m heading home from an intensive two weeks in Washington, D.C. doing interviews and research for my book on the people behind Title IX, and I’m especially grateful to Margaret Dunkle for inviting me to a historic gathering of 11 of the remaining foremothers of Title IX for me to witness, listen, and interview. Some brought momentos for show-and-tell. Here’s Deborah Ashford holding a poster that the Carter Administration issued to show that he’d kept his promise to appoint more women to government positions. Look who’s right next to each other — a young Hillary Rodham (center, left) and Title […]