Honors Projects

Author(s)

Hanna LaubeFollow

Abstract

Title IX has had a monumental impact on the development of women’s opportunities in sports. I conducted three interviews with women athletes who competed in college from 1967-71, 1995-99, and 2009-2014. I also analyzed some primary research on how female athletes remember Title IX and some secondary research on remembering Title IX. In the interviews I found that all the athletes were very appreciative of Title IX, but did not know much about it and therefore could not think very critically about it. In contrast, scholars were very critical of Title IX and pointed out the shortcomings in the law. There were differences in how scholars remember Title IX from how female athletes in society remember it.

Department

Honors Program

Major

History

First Advisor

Dr. Schocket

First Advisor Department

History

Second Advisor

Dr. Krane

Second Advisor Department

Sport Management

Third Advisor

Tiffany Menard

Third Advisor Department

Honors Program

Publication Date

Spring 4-20-2022

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