Trivia: The Patsy Mink Equal Opportunity in Education Act is better known as what?
Equal Rights Amendment
19th Amendment
Title IX
Equal Pay Act
The correct answer is Title IX
So why is this answer correct? : Title IX is a 37-word section of the Education Amendments of 1972 that simply states, “No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance.” Before Title IX, one in 27 girls played sports. Today, that number is two in five.