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Title IX (pronounced "title nine") is a portion of the United States Education Amendments of 1972. It was co-authored and introduced by Senator Birch Bayh after the wave of feminist activism led by Bernice Sandler. It was renamed the Patsy Mink Equal Opportunity in Education Act in 2002, after its late House co-author and sponsor. Title IX is a federal law that makes it illegal to discriminate against a person on the basis of sex in any federally funded activity. But even after Title IX was passed by Congress, women's athletic and academic opportunities in American schools still did not equal men's programs.

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  • Birch bayh

    Senator Birch Bayh of Indiana

  • BirchWorkout

    Senator Bayh exercises with Title IX athletes at Purdue University in the 1970s.

  • Patsymink

    Representative Patsy Mink of Hawaii, Title IX co-author, for whom the law was renamed in 2002

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