Title IX. 2022

With these stamps, the U.S. Postal Service commemorates the 50th anniversary of the passage of Title lX, a civil rights lawprohibiting discrimination on the basis of sex from any educaional program or activity receiving federal financial assistance. TitleX was passed as a clause in the Education Amendments of 1972.

the artwork features four unique designs, each a dark blue sihouette of a woman's face in profile. The digital llustrations of thefour women represent female athletes, specifically a runner, a swimmer, a gymnast, and a soccer player. Yellow laurel branches.symbolic of victory,rest in their hair and on the swimmer's cap. "Title lX" appears written across the women's cheeks, intended asan empowering message about the inclusion of women and girls in all educational settings.U.S. Representative Patsy T. Mink of Hawai'i was the principal author of a section of a House bil that became Title lX. The firstwoman of color and the first Asian American woman elected to the House of Representatives, Mink was a tireless champion ofwomen's rights and the rights of people of color. Mink worked with Representative Edith Green and Senator Birch Bavh in 1971 towrite and sponsor legislation in both chambers of Congress addressing discriminaion against women in education. After somenegotiation between the two chambers, the Education Amendments were passed and sianed into law by President Bichard M.Nixon on June 23, 1972. Thirty years later, shortly after Mink's death, Title lX was renamed the Patsy T. Mink Equal Opportunity inEducation Act in tribute to her enormous contributions in furthering equity in education.