President Obama signed his first bill into law on January 29, 2009 approving the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, a law named for Ms. Ledbetter, fourth from left, an Alabama woman who at the end of a 19-year career as a supervisor in a tire factory complained that she had been paid less than men.
Landmark rape case at Arizona State settled with plaintiff awarded $850,000 and the Ariizona University system to establish a women's safety czar for all three major campusus.
National Girls & Women in Sports Day began in 1987 as a day to remember Olympic Volleyball player Flo Hyman for her athletic achievements and her work to assure equality for women's sports. Events are conducted around the country and on Capitol Hill throughout the month to celebrate the athletic achievements of girls and women and to promote the continued expansion of opportunities for girls to play sports and live physically active lives.
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When James Madison University (JMU) cut men’s and women’s sports, Linda Martin, Tom Martin’s mom saw her son become one of the 114 athletes who lost his dream to compete in collegiate athletics. Blaming the cuts on Title IX just didn’t ring true but nothing seemed to help to get the sports back. Linda wants to see organizations work together to make sports available to as many participants as possible and end the push for college athletics to be moneymaking machines.Read more Meet more faces of Title IX
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