Title
Interview with Birch Bayh
Interviewer
Julia Lamber
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Abstract
United States Senator (D-IN)
Interviewed by Julia Lamber on February 19-20, 2004 and February 18, 2005, in Washington, D.C.
Publication Date
2004
Format
MP3
Length
4 hours and 34 minutes
Restrictions
There are no use restrictions on this recording
Disciplines
Civil Rights and Discrimination | Constitutional Law | Education Law | Law | Law and Gender | Law and Politics | Legislation
Keywords
Title IX, Women in Education, Women in Sports, Oral History, Title IX Oral History, Women and Law Oral History, Women and Education Oral History, Women in Sports Oral History
Recommended Citation
Bayh, Birch Evan, "Interview with Birch Bayh" (2004). A Forgotten History: The Women who Brought Us Title IX. 16.
https://www.repository.law.indiana.edu/ohtitleix/16
Notes
A graduate of the Indiana University School of Law (Maurer), Birch Bayh served 18 years as a United States Senator from Indiana. Among his many accomplishments was authoring two constitutional amendments: the Twenty-fifth Amendment on Presidential and Vice Presidential succession, and the Twenty-sixth Amendment that lowered the voting age from 21 to 18 years of age. Additionally, Bayh was the author of the landmark Title IX legislation, to the Higher Education Act, that mandates equal opportunities for women students and faculty. Learn more about Bayh in our Notable Alumni Collection.