Tara VanDerveer, the head coach of Stanford University's women's basketball team, knows what it was like before Title IX. She told CBS News that she didn't have a team to play on in high school ...

Students may contact the Title IX office directly to request assistance. Students who wish to speak to discuss options with an advocate before contacting the Title IX office may contact professional ...

FEMALE ATHLETES HAVE COME A LONG WAY IN 50 YEARS. I THINK BASICALLY IT’S THE OPPORTUNITIES BEFORE TITLE IX WENT INTO EFFECT GIRLS PLAYING HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS DIDN’T RECEIVE SCHOLARSHIPS THAT ...

In 1971, the year before Title IX’s passage, fewer than 300,000 girls participated in sports at the high school level in the U.S., according to data from the National Federation of State High ...

As a result, universities were offering significantly higher salaries to coaches of women’s teams than they had before Title IX. Suddenly, with higher pay on the table, men were interested in ...

and that had never been done before. - Title IX, best known perhaps for the doors that opened up to female student athletes, but its biggest bang, as we celebrate its 50th anniversary in 2022 is ...

Across the United States, several generations of women are putting on their shin guards, lacing up their cleats and competing on the soccer pitch in ways they couldn’t when they were kids.

The law had a significant impact on sports, particularly for women. Before Title IX, opportunities and funding for women in intercollegiate and high school sports were limited. While not ...

That was one year before a women’s team was formed at the school and three years before Title IX was passed. She found her place as the head coach of three sports — women’s basketball ...

A few years before Title IX passed, Lin Dunn had just earned a master’s degree in physical education from Tennessee after completing her undergrad at UT Martin. As a tennis and volleyball ...

On the 50th anniversary of Title IX, a look at 10 notable women's sports figures and events with Texas ties that came before. Arguably the greatest Texas athlete of either gender, Babe Didrikson ...