The League of Women Voters of Piedmont contributed to the funding of books donated by Piedmont's Title IX Celebration Committee for this year's Readmont.
Read more about the Title IX Xelebration Committee and Readmont on the Exedra website.
The League at the national level, worked for passage of Title IX and has since focused on thwarting congressional attempts to dilute it. We have advocated locally for Title IX compliance as an ongoing, active process with improvement reviews conducted on a regular basis.
Read the full letter sent to the Superintendent of Schools and PUSD Board of Education here.
We are pleased to enhance the education of young Piedmont readers through the Readmont event and hope the young adult selection of
No Stopping Us Now by Lucy Jane Bledsoe will help inspire some future activists.
Learn More about the League's Title IX advocacy: "The League worked for passage of Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, which prohibits sex discrimination in educational institutions that receive federal aid. Subsequently, the League has focused on thwarting congressional attempts to dilute Title IX, as well as on advancing federal enforcement efforts. At the national level, the League was active in major court challenges to Title IX, defending key provisions and urging a broad interpretation of Title IX’s scope. In 1983, the League filed an amicus brief in Grove City College v. Bell, a major Supreme Court case that narrowed considerably the prohibitions of Title IX. In 1984, after the Court’s decision, the League supported efforts in Congress for new legislation clarifying congressional intent on the scope of coverage of Title IX and similar civil rights statutes.
"In 2003, the League responded to a Department of Education effort to scale back Title IX. LWVUS opposed attempts to weaken the law and lobbied in support of congressional resolutions affirming that Title IX had made great progress in establishing equal opportunity for girls and women in education and in school athletics. In July 2003, the Department of Education affirmed its support for Title IX without change. In September 2004, LWVUS signed on to an amicus brief in Jackson v. Birmingham
Board of Education, supporting Title IX’s original intent of broad and effective protection against gender discrimination by ensuring that individuals who bring discriminatory practices to light are protected from retaliation and reprisal.
"Under an LWVEF project to monitor sex equity in vocational education programs in 1981-82, several state Leagues evaluated progress toward meeting federal sex-equity mandates. Vocational education programs have significant impact on employment, particularly for women who have difficulty gaining access to training programs for higher paying jobs. In addition, LWV promoted the enrollment of girls and young women in math and science courses to prepare them for the jobs of the future." -
excerpt from the League of Women Voters of the United States Impact on Issues 2020-2022.