Title IX
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Title IX is a landmark federal civil rights law in the United States that was enacted as part of the Education Amendments of 1972. It prohibits sex-based discrimination in any school or any other educ
Rep. Edith Green of Oregon laid the foundation for Title IX.
Senator Birch Bayh of Indiana
Senator Ted Stevens of Alaska, the "Father of Title IX"
Senator Bayh exercises with Title IX athletes at Purdue University in the 1970s.
Birch Bayh
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Birch Evans Bayh Jr. was an American politician from Indiana who served as a member of the Indiana House of Representatives representing Vigo County, Indiana, from 1954 to 1962 and as a member of the
Title IX
…receives funding from the federal government. This is Public Law No. 92‑318, 86 Stat. 235 (June 23, 1972), codified at 20 U.S.C. §§ 1681–1688. Senator Birch Bayh wrote the 37 opening words of Title IX. Bayh first introduced an amendment to the Higher Education Act to ban discrimination on the basis of sex on…
Bayh with son Evan Bayh, wife Marvella and an unidentified woman, 1962.
President of the United States John F. Kennedy meets with Birch Bayh and Marvella Bayh in 1962
Bayh with President of the United States Lyndon B. Johnson in 1967