A deadly riot in Portland in 1855 lead to the law's repeal. Now, Prohibition was being implemented on a national scale, and being enshrined in the Constitution no less. What followed was a litany of unintended consequences. This should have come as no surprise with a venture as experimental as Prohibition.
Title IX applies to institutions that receive federal financial assistance from the U S. Department of Education, including state and local educational agencies. These agencies include approximately 16,500 local school districts, 7,000 postsecondary institutions, as well as charter schools, for-profit schools, libraries, and museums.
Undoubtedly, Title IX has been essential in increasing the amount of women that not only participate in athletics at the college level but that receive scholarships to do so. Nonetheless, the need to encourage young girls to get excited about sports and, by extension, realize the goals of Title IX persists. Through our annual grant application process, the Mia Hamm Foundation works to do just that.