Includes bibliographical references (pages 174-177) and index.

The passage and early years of Title IX -- Women's sports in historical perspective -- Stalemate and new challenges -- Toward gender equity -- Unintended consequences and unfinished agendas -- "Too strong for a woman" : the five words that created Title IX, 1997 / Bernice R. Sandler -- Sport is unfair to women, May 28, 1973 / Bil Gilbert, Nancy Williamson -- Draft regulations for interscholastic and intercollegiate athletics, June 20, 1974 / Department of Health, Education, and Welfare -- Regulations in nondiscrimination on the basis of sex, June 4, 1975 / Department of Health, Education, and Welfare -- Hearings before the Subcommittee on Education of the Committee on Labor and Public Welfare, September 16 and 18, 1975 / U.S. Senate -- Football : it pays the bills, son, October 5, 1975 / Ralph J. Sabock -- Competitive athletics : in search of equal opportunity, 1976 / Margaret Dunkle -- Yale women's crew strips in Title IX protest, March 1976 / Joni Barnett and the Yale women's crew -- Stalled at the start : government action on sex bias in the schools, 1978 / Project on Equal Education Rights -- Policy interpretation : Title IX and intercollegiate athletics, December 11, 1979 / Department of Health, Education, and Welfare -- Thank Title IX for some of that gold, August 5, 1984 / Kenneth H. Bastian, Jr. -- Cohen et al. v. Brown University, December 22, 1992 -- Winning a losing battle, 1992 / Amy Cohen -- Final report of the NCAA Gender-Equity Task Force, July 26, 1993 / National Collegiate Athletic Association -- One woman's fight for gender equity in sport, 2002 / Cynthia Lee A. Pemberton -- Hearing before the Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education, Training, and Life-Long Learning of the Committee on Economic and Educational Opportunities, May 9, 1995 / U.S. House of Representatives -- High school athletes talk about gender equity, 1998 / Angie Watts -- A conservative critique of Title IX, 2002 / Jessica Gavora -- A women-centered view of sport, 1986 / Donna Lopiano -- Female athletes and the game of life, 2001 / James L. Shulman and William G. Bowen -- Title IX and race in intercollegiate sport, 2003 / Women's Sports Foundation -- Title IX has done little for minority female athletes, November 30, 2001 / Welch Suggs -- Homophobia in women's sports, 1997 / Lucy Jane Bledsoe -- Title IX at 30 : report card on gender equity, 2002 / National Coalition for Women and Girls in Education -- Open to all : Title IX at thirty, 2003 / Secretary's Commission on Opportunity in Athletics -- Cheers for Title IX, June 22, 2005 / Susan Campbell. -- A chronology of Title IX and related events (1964-2014).