Clayton Graduate: Title IX Among Civil Rights Wins for Women

graduate Maria Chappelle-Nadal is that prohibits exclusion from educational activities on the basis of gender, University City Patch reported.

Chappelle-Nadal is a Missouri state senator representing University City.

Quoting from her column on University City Patch:

"The law is one of the most important civil rights successes in American education because it opened the door for young women to be included in the same activities as men. Other than the constitutional right to vote, no other piece of legislation has had a greater impact on the lives of women."