Women’s History
Title IX changed the rules for women Was the merger of the AIAW into the male-dominated NCAA worth it? 1970’s The History of Title IX 1980s In 1966, The University of Texas women’s budget was $700; by 1983, the budget was $1,000,000 with receipts of 1,850,000 dollars. 1990’s A Brief History of the National Collegiate…
The spirit of Title IX is now part of the great history of Longhorn sports as witnessed by the winners of awards presented at the Women’s All Sports Banquets. A sampling follows: Definition of awards given at the Women’s All Sports Banquet. The Women’s Athletics Department’s highest…
Mildred Eella Didrikson remains arguably the best woman athlete of the 20th century. She was brash, talented, and she was from Texas. Known as the Texas tomboy she was a hustler who loved to exaggerate her feets and obscure her details of her life story. She rejected dominant ideas of femininity, but she was not…
Title 9 is concerned with athletic opportunities, while big-time football is concerned with marketing and university relations. Title nine is about benefits to student-athletes. Football is about benefits to the institution. In June 1968, Homer Babbage, the president of the University of Connecticut, gave a talk about the National Association of collegiate athletic directors in…
How the NCAA women’sFinal Four was born A decade after Title IX, a battle for control of women’sbasketball split loyalties and produced two national champions LEFT: Rutgers defeated Texas, 83-77, in the 1982 AIAW women’s basketball championship. RIGHT: Forward Ann Pendergrass helped Louisiana Tech defeat Cheyney State, 76-62, in the first NCAA women’s championship…
A tribute to Betty Thompson from Rodney Page It was 45 years ago during the summer of 1972, that I first set foot on the University of Texas campus. Little did I realize how that would affect my future, personally and professionally. It was also my first visit to Austin, TX. I came to…