Title IX, the Olympics and All Our Daughters: How the 1972 Law Has Transformed Girls’ and Women’s Lives

By KAREN HINTON

| NEW YORK DAILY NEWS |

AUG 26, 2016 | 5:00 AM

Another posting from almost three years ago.

The law banning sex discrimination in sports, known as Title IX, is being widely praised following the breathtaking performances of U.S. women at the Olympics in 2016. But its real and lasting impact has gone far beyond what was imagined at its passage in 1972.