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The joy of women's sports
Conniff, Ruth | August 10, 1998 issue

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It has been this generation's great good fortune to grow up in the era of Title IX. Never before has a single law made it possible for so many previously disfranchised people to have so much fun. Since Title IX of the Education Amendments Act passed in 1972, requiring publicly funded schools to offer equal opportunities to male and female athletes, the number of American high school girls who play sports has jumped from one in 27 to one in three. The effect of Title IX is evident in the freedom, strength and joy of a whole generation of young women.

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SPORTS for women; SPORTS -- Law & legislation; JURISTIC acts; WOMEN athletes; HIGH school athletes; UNITED States
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