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TWAlmanac - Title IX

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Jun 23, 2026
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It was on this day in 1972 that Title IX was signed into law by President Richard Nixon. Title IX prohibited sex discrimination in any federally funded education activity or program. This applied to all schools, from elementary to universities, both public and private. Although the original language doesn’t mention sports, the biggest change came for fe…

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