53 years ago on June 23rd, Title IX of the Education Amendments was signed into law. This game changing law “is a comprehensive law prohibiting discrimination on the basis of sex in all programs or activities in all federally funded educational institutions including high schools and middle schools” (Pennepacker, 2021). When you interpret the law, it allows women and girls to participate in middle school, high school, and college sports without discrimination.

To this day, women and girls have accomplished and broke through many barriers thanks to Title IX.  It's important to highlight some of the pioneers/advocates of this movement and to thank them for their relentless efforts:  Edith Louise Starrett Green, Billie Jean King, and Peg Pennepacker.