· Washington, D.C.

Title IX Enacted

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President Nixon signed Title IX, barring sex discrimination in federally funded education; its chief author was Rep. Patsy Mink, and the law was renamed in her honor after her death in 2002.

Communities
  • Japanese American
Topics
  • education
  • law
Event type
  • legislation
Identity lens
  • women

Sources

  • govinfo.gov govinfo.gov/content/pkg/STATUTE-86/pdf/STATUTE-86-Pg235.pdf
  • justice.gov justice.gov/crt/title-ix-education-amendments-1972