Women's History: Title IX Opens Doors

"The equal opportunity to learn, taken for granted by most young women today, owes much to Title IX of the Education Codes of the Higher Education Act legislation, passed in 1972 and enacted in 1977, prohibited gender discrimination by federally funded institutions. It has become the primary tool for women's fuller participation in all aspects of education from scholarships, to facilities, to classes formerly closed to women. Indeed, it transformed the educational landscape of the United States within the span of a generation." Evidence of this transformation was made clear to me while I was getting my nails done. I was explaining to my nail technician that I trying to formulate ideas for my blog about Title IX and what it meant for women. I explained that the law was enacted in 1977. (Even a 20 something can wrap her or his head around that number. Twenty-five years wasn't so long ago). I went on to