Welcome to Flag Steward's 'Be a Stud Citizen'
Half-Staff Alerts & Reminders from Our Flag
(relaying Civics info & US History memos)
for Wednesday, June 23, 2021
... a Women to Honor Wednesday ...
[ June 2020 pic of Longs Peak by S. Sweeney ]
Half-Staff Alerts & Reminders from Our Flag
(relaying Civics info & US History memos)
for Wednesday, June 23, 2021
... a Women to Honor Wednesday ...
[ June 2020 pic of Longs Peak by S. Sweeney ]
Where is Our Flag, the U.S. Flag, at half-staff today?
[ CLICK HERE to see Half-Staff alert details, including pics of honorees ]
Today's Historical Moment from Our Flag
... says on this 'Women to Honor Wednesday' we pay tribute to former US Rep. Patsy Mink of Hawaii ...
... says on this 'Women to Honor Wednesday' we pay tribute to former US Rep. Patsy Mink of Hawaii ...
[ Patsy Mink (US Rep, HI) = public domain image ]
On this date, June 23, in 1972, the Education Amendments of 1972, which included the well-known Title IX, became U.S. law. This legislation to bring equality, namely gender equality, into education was created and pushed through by US Representative Pasty Mink of Hawaii. Which is why, when she died in 2002, this law was renamed, the Patsy T. Mink Equal Opportunity in Education Act.
Since Rep. Mink's proposed legislation needed to be passed by the US Senate and the US House of Representatives to become law, she found a supporter in the US Senate, Senator Bayh of Indiana. Bayh helped push through this law in the Senate. The act prohibits educational institutions from discriminating against students based on sex. Since its approval in 1972, Title IX has provided equal scholarship support to women as men in college athletics; thereby growing women's participation in college athletics from 30,000 back in 1972 to more than 150,000 scholarship-assisted female athletes today.
Since Rep. Mink's proposed legislation needed to be passed by the US Senate and the US House of Representatives to become law, she found a supporter in the US Senate, Senator Bayh of Indiana. Bayh helped push through this law in the Senate. The act prohibits educational institutions from discriminating against students based on sex. Since its approval in 1972, Title IX has provided equal scholarship support to women as men in college athletics; thereby growing women's participation in college athletics from 30,000 back in 1972 to more than 150,000 scholarship-assisted female athletes today.
Today's Inspirational Quotes from Our Flag
... comes from former US Rep Patsy Mink ...
... comes from former US Rep Patsy Mink ...
"We have to build things that we want to see accomplished,
in life and in our country,
based on our own personal experiences ...
to make sure that others ...
do not have to suffer the same discrimination."
- Patsy Mink, author of Title IX
And, now it's time to ...
Recite the Pledge of Allegiance
Recite the Pledge of Allegiance
Students across America, at school or at home, inspired by today's Women to Honor tribute to Patsy Mink, author of Title IX, please unite and recite the Pledge.
Thanks for participating in today's U.S. Flag tribute.
This is Sean Sweeney, a fellow Flag Steward, signing-off:
Go out and 'Be a Stud Citizen' today
Keep America Beautiful, and remember,
In God We Trust
This is Sean Sweeney, a fellow Flag Steward, signing-off:
Go out and 'Be a Stud Citizen' today
Keep America Beautiful, and remember,
In God We Trust
In God We Trust
(Official motto of the United States of America)
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