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 Science/Technology/Education: Research
I Was Wondering
www.iwaswondering.org
Girl Geeks
www.girlgeeks.org
MentorNet
www.mentornet.net
Women in Game Development
www.igda.org/women
WomenGamers.com
www.womengamers.com
Girls Start
www.girlstart.org
Association for Women in Science
www.awis.org
National Coalition of Women and Girls in Education
www.ncwge.org
Association for Women in Mathematics
www.awm-math.org
Canadian Mathematical Society
www.math.ca/Women/ORG/Organizations
Caucus for Women in Statistics
http://caucusforwomeninstatistics.com
European Women in Mathematics
www.math.helsinki.fi/EWM
Femmes Mathematiques
www.femmes-et-maths.fr
Women and Mathematics Education
www.wme-usa.org
Women in Technology
www.womenintechnology.org
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