Throughout the rest of the 2022 50th anniversary year of Title IX, the CWSA will roll out a Title IX timeline every Tuesday commemorating prolific moments in CWSA and Title IX history.

“No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from the participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance.”

November 21, 1996

A federal appeals court upholds a lower court’s ruling in (Cohen v. Brown University), holding that Brown University illegally discriminated against female athletes. Brown argues that it did not violate Title IX because women are less interested in sports than men. Both the district court and the court of appeals reject Brown’s argument. Many of the arguments offered by Brown are similar to those relied upon by colleges and universities all over the country.