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Title IX: The Journey Continues
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Forty-two percent of online game players are female.
Source: The Entertainment Software Association
In 1910, Mrs. Alice Stebbins Wells of Los Angeles, California, was the first woman to be classified as a "policewoman.” Mrs. Wells, a graduate theology student and social worker, was appointed as a policewoman only after she presented a petition with many prominent signatures to the Mayor. Following her appointment as a policewoman, Mrs. Wells pioneered prevention and protection principles related to youth. Her duties were later extended to include enforcing laws in places such as dance halls, skating rinks, penny arcades, movie theaters, and other places of recreation frequented by women and children.
Source: International Association of Women Police
In 1936, Swimmer Hideko Maehata of Japan becomes the first woman of color to win a gold medal in the Olympic Games.
Source: Womens Sports Foundation
In 1967, Muriel "Mickey" Siebert becomes the first woman to own a seat on the New York Stock Exchange and the first woman to head one of its member firms.
Source: www.infoplease.com
In 1970, just 294,000 American high school girls take part in interscholastic sports.
Source: History of women in sports timeline
In 1971, approximately 1 of 100 dental school graduates were women while in 2005, that number grew nearly forty-fold. In medical schools, the numbers jumped from less than 10 percent to nearly 50 percent, and law school numbers from about 7 percent to nearly 49 percent.
Source: Ms. Magazine Fall 2007 issue