"No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity."
Title IX was enacted 40 years ago this year in 1972. Because of it, countless females have had the opportunity to participate in athletics in schools across the nation. Without it, this simply wouldn't be the case.
ESPN's recently-launched sports website dedicated to women's sports, ESPNW, has been counting down the top 40 female athletes of the past 40 years. Mia Hamm, one of these incredible role models and possibly the greatest American female soccer player ever, was recently announced as #1 on ESPNW's list.
This list of chock full of incredible athletes, incredible role models,
and most importantly, incredible women that girls (and boys) could and
should look up to. I would advise anyone to read through, or even skim through, the whole list. You'll feel nothing but inspired by doing so.
ESPNW's list is linked here.
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