As King was winning tennis championships, a book published in 1963 would spark a movement that changed the lives of women in America and around the world. Betty Friedan’s The Feminine Mystique began as a series of interviews the author did in the late 1950s and early 1960s with her fellow graduates of Smith College, one of the most prestigious colleges for women. She found that many were unhappy with the restrictions their roles as wives and mothers put on their lives. Friedan’s book documented the many ways in which the media, education, and psychologists dictated that women should find fulfillment only through marriage and motherhood—roles that precluded women from making other choices.
Women were treated unequally in practically every walk of life. There were quotas for admitting women to colleges and graduate schools, especially in law and …show more content…
It said that if an institution received federal financial aid, it could not discriminate in any of the school’s operations or educational activities, including hiring, promotions, and sports. Schools, colleges, and universities now had to provide women with equal treatment in terms of the number of sports offered to women, scholarships, access to equipment, supplies, and practice time, as well as equal pay for coaches. In 1996, U. S. women competed who had grown up while Title IX was in effect competed for the first time in the Olympics. Women’s teams took the gold in basketball, gymnastics, softball, and soccer. Billie Jean coached the women’s tennis team, which won gold in both women’s singles and doubles.
Title IX has had an impact beyond the playing fields. A 2009 report on Title IX noted that 80% of women executives in Fortune 500 companies had been athletes in school and that girls who got involved in sports were less likely to drink, smoke, or get pregnant and drop out of school.
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Women were treated unequally in practically every walk of life. There were quotas for admitting women to colleges and graduate schools, especially in law and …show more content…
It said that if an institution received federal financial aid, it could not discriminate in any of the school’s operations or educational activities, including hiring, promotions, and sports. Schools, colleges, and universities now had to provide women with equal treatment in terms of the number of sports offered to women, scholarships, access to equipment, supplies, and practice time, as well as equal pay for coaches. In 1996, U. S. women competed who had grown up while Title IX was in effect competed for the first time in the Olympics. Women’s teams took the gold in basketball, gymnastics, softball, and soccer. Billie Jean coached the women’s tennis team, which won gold in both women’s singles and doubles.
Title IX has had an impact beyond the playing fields. A 2009 report on Title IX noted that 80% of women executives in Fortune 500 companies had been athletes in school and that girls who got involved in sports were less likely to drink, smoke, or get pregnant and drop out of school.
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