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41 years of Title IX

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The University of Montana's Legal Counsel presented a campus lecture today examining Title IX's impact in America over the last four decades.       Title IX states, in part:
     "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 receiving federal financial assistance..."
     The provision's had profound impacts on high school and collegiate athletic programs.

In this evening's feature interview with Edward O'Brien, Lucy France discusses some of those impacts.
     She explains Title IX was created to address disparity against women.

O’Brien first landed at Montana Public Radio three decades ago as a news intern while attending the University of Montana School of Journalism. His first career job out of school was covering the 1995 Montana Legislature. When the session wrapped up, O’Brien was fortunate enough to land a full-time position at the station as a general assignment reporter. Feel free to drop him a line at edward.obrien@umt.edu.