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Title IX: The Journey Continues
facts
In over 60 of the world's states, women's income is 50% lower than men's income.
Source: The White House Project
Just over 10 million firms are owned by women (50% or more) employing more than 12 million people, and generating nearly $2 trillion in sales.
Source: Center for Women's Business Research
Luci Baines Johnson, the daughter of President Lyndon Johnson, was refused re-admission to Georgetown University's school of nursing after her marriage: in 1966, the school did not permit married women to be students.
Source: www.ed.gov/pubs/TitleIX/part3.html
Older women are more likely to face poverty than older men
Source: Institute for Women's Policy Research
Rwanda has the highest proportion of women parliamentarians in the world — 49%.
Source: The White House Project
Virginia state law prohibited women from being admitted to the College of Arts and Sciences of the Univ. of Virginia. It was only under court order in 1970 that the first woman was admitted.
Source: www.ed.gov/pubs/TitleIX/part3.html