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Women in Sport
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Title IX
Title IX allowed girls and women the right to sports by law. Since Title IX was passed, girls have had access to more sports, their participation in sports has increased, and scholarships for girls have become more available. Title IX was the most important issue in history that brought women to sports. -
Billie jean King
Billie Jean King is named the Sportswoman of the Year by Sports Illustrated, which was the first time the award was given to a woman.
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High School Girls' Participation
In 1973, 1.3 million girls participated in high school sports. -
NCAA
In 1983, The National Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women is replaced with the NCAA. The long-term effect of this will reduce the number of women coaches and adminsitrators. -
1984 Olympic Games
The summer Olympic Games of 1984 was the first time women were allowed to compete in the marathon. Joan Benoit went on to win that event. Joan Benoit -
Civil Rights Act of 1987
The Civil Rights Act of 1987 helped make Title IX stronger. This was the time period that Title IX seemed to be in full effect across the nation in each state. States offered state championships for girls' sports and the NCAA introduced national championships for women. -
Leisure-Services Industry
Leisure-services industry was heavily influenced by the gaining economic power of women. During this time the nation began to support women gaining some power and the nation was optimistic about women evolving in our society to achieve many great things. -
1992 Jackie Joyner-Kersee
During the 1992 summer Olymic Games in Barcelona, we saw Jackie Joyner-Kersee become the greatest multievent track-and-field athlete of all time, proving gender does not prove success.
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Title IX 30 years old
2002 marks 30 years since Title IX was first passed and it shows great progress in girls' and womens' participation in sports. However, at this point, there was still a lot to figure out with gender equilty with female athletes. Female coaches are shunned from coaching and administrative positions. -
2004 Women's Statistics
44% of the coahces of women's intercollegiate teams were women, which is close to the lowest representaion of female head coaches of women's teams since Title IX passed in 1972. -
Girls' Physical-ACtivity Participation
Since the late 90s, girls and women have been recieving more and more focus on physical-activity and fitness. Three popular trends were witnessed: 1) Girls are participating in sports in record numbers. 2) Girls' participation in MVPA outside of organized sports is declining. 3) Girls' particpation rates in physical activity falls to boys and dropout rates from sports are higher in girls. -
Today
Women may face equality in sports today, but due to the major events and influence in sports, women are given so many opportunities.
