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“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 of activity receiving Federal financial assistance.”
These 37 words gave women in the United States equal access to educational opportunities 50 years ago. Title IX, the Civil Rights Act passed in 1972, also ensured women in sports had the same rights as men. This opened the door for hundreds of thousands of female athletes to play sports on the collegiate and professional level and receive scholarships for college along the way — a completely foreign idea for many.