Title IX: A Brief History with Documents

by Susan Ware

Many know Title IX as groundbreaking legislation that protects people from sex-based discrimination in education programs and activities that receive federal financial assistance. Yet, many do not know the history of women's sports before Title IX, the history of the amendment, and the struggle for its implementation. These topics and more are discussed in Ware's well-researched and reader-friendly Introduction, followed by 26 provocative, pertinent documents. The carefully selected writings, organized in chronological order, balance the views of policymakers, legislators, and commentators with the voices of individuals whose lives were shaped by the law. Ware purposely presents conflicting points of view to encourage analytical thinking and lively classroom discussion about gender equity, both in sports and in American society as a whole. Table of Preface 2014 / Title IX Thirty-seven Words That Changed American Sports THE The Back Story "Too Strong for a Woman" The Five Words That Created Title IX / Sport Is Unfair to Women The Early Years of Title IX Draft Regulations for Interscholastic and Intercollegiate Athletics / Regulations on Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Sex / Hearings before the Subcommittee on Education of the Committee on Labor and Public Welfare / It Pays the Bills, Son / Competitive In Search of Equal Opportunity / Yale Women's Crew Strips in Title IX Protest / Stalled at the Government Action on Sex Bias in the Schools / Policy Title IX and Intercollegiate Athletics / Thank Title IX for Some of That Gold An Increasingly Polarized Debate Cohen et al. v. Brown University / Winning a Losing Battle / Final Report of the NCAA Gender-Equity Task Force / One Woman's Fight for Gender Equity in Sport / Hearing before the Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education, Training, and Life-long Learning of the Committee on Economic and Educational Opportunities / High School Athletes Talk about Gender Equity / A Conservative Critique of Title IX Title IX and American Culture A Women-Centered View of Sport / Female Athletes and the Game of Life / Title IX and Race in Intercollegiate Sport / Title IX Has Done Little for Minority Female Athletes / Homophobia in Women's Sports / Title IX at 30: Report Card on Gender Equity / Open to Title IX at Thirty / Cheers for Title IX Appendixes A Chronology of Title IX and Related Events (1964 2014) / Questions for Consideration

185 pages, Paperback

First published July 1, 2006

About the author

Susan Ware, celebrated feminist historian and biographer, is the author of American Women’s History: A Very Short Introduction and Letter to the World: Seven Women Who Shaped the American Century, among other books. She is the editor of American Women’s Suffrage: Voices from the Long Struggle for the Vote, 1776–1965 and is Honorary Women’s Suffrage Centennial Historian at Radcliffe’s Schlesinger Library.

Reviews

[Richard Greene · Rating 4 out of 5]

I bought this book because I was interested in the development of Title IX. I was also interested in learning the laws, regulations and court cases associated with the law and women’s athletics. The first part of the book largely served that purpose. The second part of the book was a series of articles and perspectives on the impact of the Title IX. These articles were probably geared towards starting classroom discussions. All in all, a good starter book for people interested in Title IX.

Favorite quote:
“It’s OK to have sympathy for every male who loses his opportunity to play, but you must have unbiased sympathy. You have to feel just as sorry for every woman who didn’t have the chance to play, for women who still, at the institutional level, are not getting chances to play, who are not getting benefits, and you simply can’t discriminate on the basis of sex in your empathy.”

[Gray Jabaji · Rating 3 out of 5]

read this for school and had some experience with learning about title ix prior to reading. there was a mix of pro title ix and anti title ix sources but not many anti title ix sources, i think there should have been more anti title ix stuff.

[Mariah O’Shields · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very enjoyable and full of information. I learned a lot more about Title IX and how it came about. Again had to read this book for my women's history course.

[Hella Smella · Rating 5 out of 5]

excellently curated, rigorous collection. hits all the important parts of T9 through the 43rd administration.