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GAC Celebrates Title IX!

Lisa Izzi, GAC Founder & President
June 22, 2007

ou ask: What is the Biggest Reason Why Girls have so many Opportunities to Play Sports in America Today?

The Answer:TITLE IX.

• Title IX is a law passed by President Richard M. Nixon in 1972.
• Title IX demands equal opportunity for boys and girls/men and women in school, sports & more.
• Title IX changed America.

	Before Title IX: Fewer than 32,000 women participated in college sport...

Before Title IX: Fewer than 32,000 women participated in college sports; today that number exceeds 150,000--nearly 5 times the pre-Title IX rate, proof that interest follows opportunity.
-Facts and Myths at www.titleix.info

Who Paved the Way? Great sportswomen, like Babe Didrickson (1932 Olympian) who insisted on playing—track, basketball, golf, and many others. She was a three-time All-American basketball player – 1930, 1931, and 1932. In track and field, she either held or tied for the world record in four events and held the United States – AAU record in four events. And in golf, she became one of the greatest players of the 20th century. For more info on Babe Didrickson, go to http://www.babedidriksonzaharias.org/

Educate Yourself: Understand Title IX and how to keep it alive!
“No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, or denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any educational program or activity receiving federal assistance.”
- Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 to the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

For More Info go to http://www.titleix.info/

GAC applauds Donna Lopiano and the Women’s Sports Foundation for their on-going efforts to advocate and promote Title IX! www.WomensSportsFoundation.org

	Lisa Izzi and Donna Lopiano, former CEO, Women’s Sports Foundation at conference—Title IX Today, Title IX Tomorrow—at Stanford University, April 2007.