Aline Krauter and Tze-Han (Heather) Lin left their homelands to play college golf in the United States, opportunities made possible, in large part, to Title IX.
Cindy Bremser had to borrow shoes for a race from her coach. Becky Johnson and basketball players endured tight quarters on the Lathrop Hall basketball court. Traveling was 'awful.' It wasn't easy for Badgers women's athletes in the 1970s.
As Title IX turns 50, a look back at the conditions for women's athletes at Wisconsin in the 1970s shows the law didn't flip a switch for equity but gave proponents a legal basis to push for change.