{"id":89387,"date":"2020-04-16T16:09:26","date_gmt":"2020-04-16T21:09:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/?p=89387"},"modified":"2020-04-27T09:33:53","modified_gmt":"2020-04-27T14:33:53","slug":"women-in-sports-past-present-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/women-in-sports-past-present-future\/","title":{"rendered":"Women in sports: Past, present, future"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Allegra Zamore<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Medill Reports<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"dropcap\">From the onset of Title IX in 1972 to the U.S. women&#8217;s national soccer team winning the 2019 World Cup, women have paved the way in all areas of sports for future generations. In this episode of Medill Newsmakers we take a look at how far women have come and how far they still have to go. 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