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For the historical investigation, I wanted to do something that was relevant to my life but also something that is considered history now. My life includes high school sports and looking at that and history, Title IX was brought back to my attention.
In the year 1972, Title IX of the Education Amendments Act, was passed. The basics behind Title IX were that if an activity was funded by Federal means, then no person, on the basis of sex, could be excluded from that activity or discriminated against. This Federal law was passed due to the fight for civil and equal rights during this time period.
Title IX caught my interest and it is something that is included and impacting times today. This brought …show more content…
Barbara Winslow is a historian who teaches in the School of Education and for the Women's Studies Program at Brooklyn College. She has several publications and a lot to do with women activism. The purpose of this source is to inform readers about a few of the impacts of Title IX. The author talks more about women’s rights in the aspect of sports in Title IX. In talking about women’s rights in sports, the article glorifies women and highlights stories of women who made an impression during the transition of before Title IX to after. With looking at mainly women and sports, there come limitations. The source was written by a woman and it looks at what women could and couldn’t do before and after Title IX. With this, there is a possible bias towards women. It gives the impact on women but not the impact of the federal law on men. This makes this particular source valuable in the sense of looking at the impact on women after Title IX was signed. The value of this source is also good because the author works with Women’s Studies Program in a college. …show more content…
Women could now have the chance to get money to go to college and get a higher education. According to athleticscholarships.net, more women were earning medical degrees after Title IX became a federal law than before 1972 where women only earned 9 percent of medical degrees. Women were gaining shots at getting into college and getting the degree they wanted because of this law. This is a positive impact of Title IX because women now could have a similar chance at college as men had.
However, on the other hand, we have the impact of Title IX and scholarships on men. “Title IX has caused a decrease in opportunities for male athletes [again looking at the athletic aspect of it all], and Title IX is to blame for programs and scholarship cuts” (Hammer 2003 in athleticscholarships.net). Men no longer had the same opportunities as they had before 1972. Their scholarship opportunities decreased because of the increase in scholarships for women. This is considered a negative impact of Title IX and is something that people complained about, especially
For the historical investigation, I wanted to do something that was relevant to my life but also something that is considered history now. My life includes high school sports and looking at that and history, Title IX was brought back to my attention.
In the year 1972, Title IX of the Education Amendments Act, was passed. The basics behind Title IX were that if an activity was funded by Federal means, then no person, on the basis of sex, could be excluded from that activity or discriminated against. This Federal law was passed due to the fight for civil and equal rights during this time period.
Title IX caught my interest and it is something that is included and impacting times today. This brought …show more content…
Barbara Winslow is a historian who teaches in the School of Education and for the Women's Studies Program at Brooklyn College. She has several publications and a lot to do with women activism. The purpose of this source is to inform readers about a few of the impacts of Title IX. The author talks more about women’s rights in the aspect of sports in Title IX. In talking about women’s rights in sports, the article glorifies women and highlights stories of women who made an impression during the transition of before Title IX to after. With looking at mainly women and sports, there come limitations. The source was written by a woman and it looks at what women could and couldn’t do before and after Title IX. With this, there is a possible bias towards women. It gives the impact on women but not the impact of the federal law on men. This makes this particular source valuable in the sense of looking at the impact on women after Title IX was signed. The value of this source is also good because the author works with Women’s Studies Program in a college. …show more content…
Women could now have the chance to get money to go to college and get a higher education. According to athleticscholarships.net, more women were earning medical degrees after Title IX became a federal law than before 1972 where women only earned 9 percent of medical degrees. Women were gaining shots at getting into college and getting the degree they wanted because of this law. This is a positive impact of Title IX because women now could have a similar chance at college as men had.
However, on the other hand, we have the impact of Title IX and scholarships on men. “Title IX has caused a decrease in opportunities for male athletes [again looking at the athletic aspect of it all], and Title IX is to blame for programs and scholarship cuts” (Hammer 2003 in athleticscholarships.net). Men no longer had the same opportunities as they had before 1972. Their scholarship opportunities decreased because of the increase in scholarships for women. This is considered a negative impact of Title IX and is something that people complained about, especially