Rep. Patsy Mink, D-Hawaii, meets reporters on Capitol Hill in 1997. The arrival of Title IX and its protections for American women was a long time coming and the result of hard work from the likes of Mink, Jeannette Rankin, Shirley Chisholm, Eleanor Roosevelt and more. JOE MARQUETTE/AP FILE PHOTO
By Collin Binkley and Erica Hunzinger Associated Press Title IX, the law best known for its role in gender equity in athletics and preventing sexual…