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What is Title IX?

Maria Conlon #5 of the University of Connecticut Huskies and teammates celebrate near the end of the semifinal game of the NCAA Women's Final Four Tournament against the Minnesota Golden Gophers at the New Orleans Arena on April 4, 2004 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Photo by: Elsa/Getty Images)

Whenever you see a woman score a soccer goal think of Patsy Mink. Whenever you see a girl shoot the winning basket think of Edith Green. And whenever you see the words “Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972,” know that four decades ago none of that existed. It wouldn’t exist even today if had not been for the perseverance and determination of Title IX pioneers, including Birch Bayh, former WSF Trustee Lillian Greene-Chamberlain, the first president of WSF Donna de Varona and other champions of the groundbreaking legislation.

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