the history of Title IX:
Rep. Patsy Mink,
Co-author of the Title IX legislation
The 37-word sentence to the right is Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, more commonly known as “Title IX.” Many people associate the Title IX legislation solely with sports. In fact, sports was only one of the areas covered by the legislation. Prior to Title IX, women and girls faced obstacles and discrimination in numerous areas including admissions standards for collegiate institutions, access to financial aid, and access to graduate programs for computer science and engineering as well as professional degree programs at law and medical schools.
Over the past thirty-five(35) years, the legislation has helped reduce gender discrimination and facilitated increased female participation and leadership in the classroom, boardroom, courtroom and on the athletic fields.
Women in Media/Entertainment/the Arts: Research
Womens E-News
http://www.womensenews.org
Girls in the Directors Chair
www.girlsinthedirectorschair.com
Girl Musician
www.girlmusician.com
philoSophies
www.sophiesphilosophies.com
Write Girl
www.writegirl.org
Women in the Directors Chair
www.widc.org
National Museum of Women in the Arts
www.nmwa.org
Orange Girls Theatre Group
www.orangegirls.org
Media Report to Women
www.mediareporttowomen.com
Women in Film
www.wif.org
American Women in Radio and Television
www.awrt.org
New York Women in Film and Television
www.nywift.org
Women make movies
www.wmm.com
Cinewomen
www.cinewomenny.org
Women's Media Center
www.womensmediacenter.com
Title IX
No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance.
-Title IX of the Education
Amendments of 1972