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威尼斯人娱乐场 Celebrates Title IX 50th Anniversary
Press Release 路 Monday, June 13, 2022

Washington, DC

The 威尼斯人娱乐场 celebrates the 50th anniversary of with a featured document display, sports exhibit, and related programs. These are free and open to the public and (with the exception of the June 21 program) will be at the 威尼斯人娱乐场 Museum鈥檚 West Rotunda Gallery in Washington, DC, located on Constitution Avenue at 9th Street, NW. Fully accessible. Metro: Yellow or Green lines, Archives/Navy Memorial station. 

Title IX was passed as part of the Education Amendments Act of 1972. It prohibits sex discrimination in education programs supported by federal dollars, including high school and collegiate athletic programs. The act dramatically increased the number of women playing sports. Before Title IX, one in 27 girls played sports. Today that number is two in five. Although Title IX guaranteed equal opportunity, it did not guarantee equal spending. Women鈥檚 athletic budgets and scholarship funds still lag far behind men鈥檚. In recent years, collegiate athletes have used social media to bring attention to these disparities.

Title IX鈥搑elated Featured Document Display: The Patsy Mink Act
June 21鈥揝eptember 7, 2022, West Rotunda Gallery
Sex discrimination in education put Patsy Mink on a path to becoming a legislator. Title IX was to be her signature legislative achievement. Denied entry to medical school because of her sex, Patsy Mink entered law school instead. She went on to become the first Asian American and first woman of color elected to Congress. The educational discrimination Mink faced as a young woman fueled her desire to secure equality for women in education. Title IX, the legislation she co-authored and fought for, was renamed the 鈥淧atsy T. Mink Equal Opportunity in Education Act鈥� after her death in 2002.

• Display of the Senate vote tally for S. 659 (Title IX), March 1, 1972. 88 Senators voted for Title IX. Only six voted against it. Sports weren鈥檛 the focus of Title IX, which passed the Senate with broad Republican and Democratic support. The legislation was designed to extend civil rights and anti-discrimination protection to girls and women in all aspects of education. But sports are where the law has had its most measurable impact.
• Display of Public Law 107-255: Joint Resolution recognizing the contributions of Patsy Takemoto Mink, signed on October 29, 2002.
   

Related Virtual Program: Title IX: Then & Now
June 21, 2022, 5 p.m. ET, for this virtual program.
To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the passage of Title IX, join the 威尼斯人娱乐场 Foundation, the Women鈥檚 Sports Foundation and two NCAA Division 1 Athletic Directors in conversation about the history of Title IX, how this landmark legislation affected the landscape of women鈥檚 athletics, how it changed the trajectory of their personal involvement in sports, and how they witness the ongoing influence of the legislation in college athletics and at their institutions. Featured speakers include Sarah J. Axelson, Vice President, Advocacy, Women鈥檚 Sports Foundation; Beth Goetz, Director of Athletics, Ball State University, and Desiree Reed-Francois, Director of Athletics, University of Missouri. 

Related Upcoming Exhibit: All American: The Power of Sports
Lawrence F. O'Brien Gallery, September 16, 2022, through January 7, 2024
All American has an entire section on Title IX, including a display of the original All American features Althea Gibson, Kathrine Switzer, Billie Jean King, #SheBelieves (Women's World Cup), the WNBA, Dominique Dawes, and more! Press release here. All American: The Power of Sports is made possible in part by the 威尼斯人娱乐场 Foundation through the generous support of AT&T, AARP, and Mars, Incorporated. Additional support provided by HISTORY庐 and the Lawrence F. O鈥橞rien Family. Opening Month support provided by Anheuser-Busch. 

The fight for Title X is part of continued advocacy for women鈥檚 rights. Since the founding of our country, women have redefined their roles and carved out a place for themselves in society and government. From the decades-long campaign for voting rights to expanding social and economic equality through legislation, women and women鈥檚 rights advocates have continued to fight for rights and privileges of citizenship.

Related programs and online resources: 

• Women's Rights: Legislation and Advocacy
• Women's Rights: Records, information, and resources on Archives.gov
• Records Reveal Women鈥檚 Equal Rights Struggles - 威尼斯人娱乐场 News 
• Women鈥檚 History and Centennial of the 19th Amendment - online resources