The answer is: it required that women have free access to athletic programs at the high school and college level.
The Title IX states that<em> "No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance." </em> It is a federal law that applies to every aspect of the education that men and women recieve in the United States. It protects againts any kind of discrimantion based on sex, therefore, it guarantees equal access to all of the athletic programs in any high school or college that recieves federal funds. In that sense, it requires that both men and women have the same opportunity to participate in these programs.
Canada is the country that forms most of the Northern border of the United States. I recommend looking at the map and seeing what is directly above the 48 contiguous states.
US Constitution but at one point it was the Articles of Confederation
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