Ten reasons to vote, for Title IX
Title IX itself isn't on the ballot Nov. 8, but it might as well be. The gains made for sexual and gender fairness through Title IX were created by politicians, courts, and activists, and can be undone by them, too…
Media amplify Title IX controversies
Journalists's coverage of Title IX disputes put the heat on government and educational institutions to deal with sex discrimination, from Cheryl Fields at The Chronicle of Higher Education in the 1970s to Tyler Kingkade at the Huffington Post and BuzzFeed today. Their…
Running for president, long before Hillary
History turns a page this week when Hillary Clinton becomes the first female candidate for U.S. President to be nominated by a major political party. In the spirit of this blog's weaving of historical and contemporary threads, you might enjoy…
Women got Ford to fund Title IX
Terry Saario in the 1970s Saario today. (Photos courtesy of Terry Saario) A good idea doesn't go very far, very fast without financing. In the early years of Title IX, key funds came through a new cohort of women hired or…
Office for Civil Rights helped, hindered 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…
Equality game in overtime for coaches
I loved being the quarterback. I had a strong passing arm, a good eye for quickly reading the players on the field, and fast legs to sprint when I had to. My college football team didn’t play on the stadium…
Lobbyists, Congressional staff influenced Title IX
[Videos feature Judy Norrell, former lobbyist for the League of Women Voters, and Barbara Dixon, former staff person for Sen. Birch Bayh.] Title IX wasn't just an act of Congress, nor did it come simply from the demands of women's…
PEER took Title IX to the kids
"It's just ordinary us." That's how Holly Knox describes people who change the world. You don't need to be special, she said. Most world-changers aren't. She's one of the "ordinary" people who followed an opportunity to make a difference, and…
Sports took center court under Title IX
(Video: Margot Polivy describes the struggles around women's athletics under Title IX in the 1970s.) The people who created Title IX really weren't thinking about athletics. No one saw the uproar coming. For the most part, Title IX's creators focused on…
Writing the Title IX playbook on sports
A non-athlete played a profound role in opening up sports to millions of U.S. girls and women. In this video, she talks about what it took to begin writing the playbook for equality in athletics under Title IX. Margaret Dunkle…