50 years of Title IX: the US law that aimed to equalise athletic competition

No person in the United States shall, based on sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education programme or activity receiving Federal financial assistance, according to Title IX, a seemingly straightforward law passed by US lawmakers in 1972.

Numerous films and news reports are commemorating the 50th anniversary, which is on June 23, for the contributions it ma....