I was taught to always remember the women and girls who went before me, the ones who fought to create a place in the world where women would have equal opportunities, and I was taught to continue the fight especially now that I have daughters.
Although Title IX applies to every aspect of federally funded education programs, I'm most familiar with it's impact in women's athletics.
Even though my mother tried to talk me out of playing sports, athletics is what paid for my undergraduate college education (and where I learned leadership, life lessons, teamwork, persistence, loyalty, and more!). Without Title IX, there may not have been an opportunity like that for me.
I realize it's still not all equal. I want the message to be loud and clear to my daughters that they can be and do anything they want and they're not limited by their gender.
Check out this video Nike created called Women's Anthem.
It. is. awesome.
I would love for you to tweet this blog post and share this video with others!
And I made it easy! Just copy this message and paste as your tweet:
Happy 40th anniversary #TitleIX. Without it, many girls wouldn't be where they are today! http://bit.ly/N3xBPc
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2 comments:
I was never encouraged to play sports by my parents.... even when I did finally play softball, I wasn't good at it but the encouragement of my coach (Billy Fields, how awesome was he?) followed me though my life. And then when I ran cross country I had the best coach and example of female athletics in Mary Birdwell. It wasn't until adulthood, though, that I actually considered myself an athlete. And I'm so thrilled that E is athletic....even though she's picked one sport to love passionately and play... but I think it's great that from a young age she's always identified herself as an athlete.
Ahhhhhhhhhh! I hadn't seen that video. I love it so. freakin. much.
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