Title IX_History
Many people were involved in the process of developing, implementing & participating in Title IX.
Listed below are just a few of the most influential people who have inspired Title IX.
Val Ackerman
Founding president of Womens National Basketball Association
First female president of USA Basketball
Says title IX has accelerated the creation of womens sports organizations & fueled the development of womens sports in every way
Birch Bayh
Crafted the original legislation and seeing through the passage in the Senate
Myles Brand
NCAA President
Spoke out against those trying to change Title IX that would halt growth of womens sports
Opposed Department of Educations 2005 suggestion of an e-mail survey which if there was a lack of response to survey then it was considered lack of interest in sports
Cynthia Cooper
College, international, and professional basketball player
Co-chaired the Department of Educations Commission on Opportunity in Athletics
Dominique Dawes
Olympic gold medalist gymnast
Served as Womens Sports Foundations president from 2004-2006
Title IX helped with her success
Marcia Greenberger
Co-founder of the National Womens Law Center in 1972
Involved with womens movements devoting resources to help ensure equal opportunity in education
Nancy Hogshead-Maker
Former president of Womens Sports Foundation
Olympic Medalist
Testified in Congress on topic of gender equity in athletics
Served as expert witness in Title IX cases
Billy Jean King
King beat Bobby Riggs in the famous battle of the sexes tennis match
Advocate of womens rights in sports, funding the Womens Tennis Association, and the Womens Sports Foundations
Nancy Lieberman-Cline
One of the first Title IX success stories
Three time All America at old Dominion
Played professionally
Served as the Womens Sports Foundations president
Now basketball analyst for ESPN
Donna Lopiano
CEO of Womens Sports Foundation
Writer and speaker on gender equity and womens sports issues
Named one of The 10 Most Powerful Women in Sports by Fox Sports and The 100 Most Influential People in Sports by the Sporting News
Patsy Mink
Served on US House of Representatives in 1972 and authorized Title IX
After her death in 2002, Title IX became known as Patsy T. Mink Equal Opportunity Act
Ann Meyers
First women to sign a 4-year athletic scholarship with UCLA
1979 she was the first women to sign a NBA contract with the Indiana Pacers
Now Phoenix Mercurys General Manager
Richard Nixon
Signed into Law By Nixon after it was passed through Congress
Title IX prohibits discrimination based on sex in any educational program or activity receiving federal financial aid