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AP Was There: Pre-Title IX ‘dark ages’ for female athetes

FILE - The Northeastern women's varsity second eight team rows back after competing in a semifinal race at the NCAA women's college rowing championships, Saturday, May 27, 2017, at Mercer County Park in West Windsor, N.J. This month marks the 50th anniversary of the Title IX law that requires equitable treatment of men and women in educational programs that receive federal assistance. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File)

FILE - Competitors head to the starting line for Collegiate Women's Eights during the Head of the Charles Regatta in Cambridge, Mass., Sunday, Oct. 22, 2006. This month marks the 50th anniversary of the Title IX law that requires equitable treatment of men and women in educational programs that receive federal assistance. (AP Photo/Chitose Suzuki, File)

FILE - Members of the UConn women's rowing team rally about being cut by the university after the season, in Storrs, Conn., April 19, 2021. (Brad Horrigan/Hartford Courant via AP, File)

AP Was There: Pre-Title IX ‘dark ages’ for female athetes