Title IX And Gender Equality

Dating back to the 1970s many people, not just women, were on the rise to seek equality among the sexes. Title IX, passed in 1972 by congress during the Nixon administration, was a direct result of the developing social changes and the growing importance of athletics and education in American culture. Before the amendment was passed, schools had the ability to indirectly restrict women from receiving a higher education and participating in collegiate sports by raising the average grade standard to be admitted and only giving out two percent of their scholarship money on average to female athletes. Title IX, or known as the Equal Rights Amendment, would help to transition and change the roles of women in society. Shirley Chisholm spoke on behalf of the Equal Rights Amendment, “The Equal Rights Amendment would govern only the relationship between the State and its citizens – not relationships between private citizens”.
Though many people argued the question of without Title IX if those changes in education, athletics, and the work force would’ve been possible even without the amendment since the role of women in modern American life was independently evolving throughout the 1970s, but the fact that Title IX was put in place helped to further push the ability for women to participate in higher sports and education, along with gaining the confidence to achieve greater equality in