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...rising trend of women enrolled in undergraduate institutions speaks to a lot of hard work on behalf of civil rights, women’s groups, and women themselves,” said Jean-Marie Navetta, spokeswoman for the American Association of University Women. “Title IX opened a lot of doors and certain fields are more accepting...
...moved the sport to the lite ranks. The U.S. took two medals--a silver for Sara McMann and a bronze for Patricia Miranda--at Athens in 2004. Women's wrestling is growing in the U.S., where girls have gradually gained access to the mat, thanks to Title IX's gender-parity provision. Schools are required to give the girls a shot with the boys if there aren't enough females or funding for a girls team. And so about 7,000 female students from grade school through college are working out and wrestling against guys...
...court. Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist is severely ailing and may resign within the year. The conservative justices President Bush will now almost certainly appoint will begin to build a conservative majority that could reverse the steps taken in Roe v. Wade, in affirmative action cases and in Title IX cases. This country is also currently fighting a war in which many young Americans have sacrificed their lives and about which many young people have expressed strong opinions. These are solely our generation’s issues: young women have the option of abortion, young students are affected by affirmative...
...only 82 years ago when women obtained the right to vote, 18 years since sexual harassment in the workplace was deemed illegal and 13 years since women won the right to serve in the military in combat positions. Moreover, it was just a year ago when Title IX, a controversial rule granting all women’s athletic programs equal funding, was reaffirmed as legitimate...
...mind. The timing debate is a draw, but most analysts believe some scaled-back women's soccer league will eventually be a winner. With 5.6 million girls playing the sport, the market is just too big for the sidelines. And as the first members of the Title IX generation become soccer moms over the next five to 10 years, the WUSA and other women's sports leagues will have ever greater chances of success. "America will support one," Carter says of a women's league. But don't start comparing it to the NFL: "It will be pretty...