She Exposed the Discrimination in College Sports Before Title IX. Now She’s a Women’s History Month Honoree

With March marking both March Madness and Women's History Month, it's a fitting time to look back at how far women's sports have come since President Richard Nixon signed Title IX into law on June 23, 1972, as part of the Education Amendments of 1972.

But, though many know Title IX best as the law that increased women's participation in school sports, that result was in some ways a happy accident.