“No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity receiving federal financial assistance.”
This is an important piece of what was formerly known as the Title IX Education Amendments of 1972. This document was sign into United States law on June 23, 1972 by President Richard M. Nixon. This law is meant to protect us (women) from discrimination and to ensure that we have an equal opportunity. This is not only for education but any educational activity such as athletics and tech education that receives federal money. I know that we are still fighting for equal rights, but we have come a very long way in the last forty years thanks to strong women and open minded men that have fought for us. Some continue to fight until this very day. This law being passed in 1972 was a huge step in the direction of equality for us.
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For example, a federal law called, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits employers from discriminating against employees on the basis of sex, race, color, national origin, and religion. Typically in most cases it applies to employers with 15 or more employees. This law does include federal, state, and local governments, but it does not include educational centers or educational activities. This left faculty and administrators vulnerable because they were exempt from this law. A female teacher, Bernice Sandler, took action to get Title IX into effect because of some her experiences.
There were many that helped to get this law passed, but Bernice Sandler played a pivotal role in it all. In 1969, she was a part-time employee at the University of Maryland. She had worked there for
This is an important piece of what was formerly known as the Title IX Education Amendments of 1972. This document was sign into United States law on June 23, 1972 by President Richard M. Nixon. This law is meant to protect us (women) from discrimination and to ensure that we have an equal opportunity. This is not only for education but any educational activity such as athletics and tech education that receives federal money. I know that we are still fighting for equal rights, but we have come a very long way in the last forty years thanks to strong women and open minded men that have fought for us. Some continue to fight until this very day. This law being passed in 1972 was a huge step in the direction of equality for us.
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For example, a federal law called, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits employers from discriminating against employees on the basis of sex, race, color, national origin, and religion. Typically in most cases it applies to employers with 15 or more employees. This law does include federal, state, and local governments, but it does not include educational centers or educational activities. This left faculty and administrators vulnerable because they were exempt from this law. A female teacher, Bernice Sandler, took action to get Title IX into effect because of some her experiences.
There were many that helped to get this law passed, but Bernice Sandler played a pivotal role in it all. In 1969, she was a part-time employee at the University of Maryland. She had worked there for