Title IX: 40 Years Later, U.S. Women Reign Supreme

Submitted by Mastodon on Tue, 2012-08-21 15:57

Article here. Excerpt:

'United States women Olympians came home bedecked in gold and silver as if they had walked off with the crown jewels from the Tower of London.

Only one nation other than the United States managed to win more gold than our wonder women. American men didn’t come close to taking as many medals as their female counterparts.

Surely Michael Phelps, with his record half a dozen London medals for a total of 22, including 18 gold through three Olympics; and Usain Bolt of Jamaica, the “world’s fastest man,” who defended his Olympic gold in both track dashes, will be well remembered as stars of the XXX Olympics.
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They also reminded us that there was a time 40 years ago when congressmen acted like adults as they voted to protect women athletes from those foolish old chauvinistic white men who made up the minority and waged war on women, just as they are doing today.'

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