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<p style="font-size: 18pt; font-weight:bold; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif';"><a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/comment/celebrate-35-years-of-title-ix/">Breaking the gender barrier in athletics: 35 years of Title IX</a></p> <p style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight:normal; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif';">Posted July 5, 2007 at 01:30 PM by Bridget Sullivan</p> <p style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight:normal; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif'">Active.com has put together a wonderful page devoted to celebrating 35 years of Title IX.&nbsp; Title IX of the Educational Amendments of 1972 is the landmark legislation that bans sex discrimination in schools, whether it be in academics or athletics. Although athletics has created the most controversy regarding Title IX, its gains in education and academics are notable. Before Title IX, many schools refused to admit women or enforced strict limits. The following articles take a closer look at Title IX and the breaking down of gender barriers in athletics. A Look Back at Title IX with Joan Benoit Samuelson By Skip Cleaver Joan Benoit Samuelson is one of the all-time greatest distance runners in the world. Best known for her Olympic gold medal in the Women’s Marathon in 1984--the first…<a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/comment/celebrate-35-years-of-title-ix/">(<a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/comment/celebrate-35-years-of-title-ix/">Continued...</a>)<br clear="all" /><br> <p style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight:normal; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif'"><a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/comment/celebrate-35-years-of-title-ix/">Read the full article...</a> | <a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/comment/celebrate-35-years-of-title-ix/">Comment on this post</a></p> <p style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight:normal; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif'">Filed under: <a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/archive/category/her-fitness/">her-fitness</a>, <a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/archive/category/athletics/">athletics</a>, <a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/archive/category/her-health/">her-health</a>, <a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/archive/category/her-motivation/">her-motivation</a>, <a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/archive/category/her-news/">her-news</a>, <a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/archive/category/special-features/">special-features</a><br /><br /> </P>