Jun 24, 2022 | Domestic Policy, Exhibits, News, Nixon and Sports, Presidency, Sports
The 50th anniversary celebration of Title IX kicked off with the official opening of the Nixon Library’s new exhibition, Evening the Odds: Women Leading the Way. Local Girl Scouts joined Secretary Barbara Franklin and three Team USA Olympic Gold Medalists in a ribbon...
Jun 16, 2022 | Nixon and Sports, Nixon Today, Presidency, Women's Affairs
“Other than the constitutional right to vote, possibly no other piece of legislation has had a greater effect on women’s lives than Title IX.” —Nancy Hogshead-Makar, Triple Gold Medalist in Swimming, 1982 Los Angeles Olympics In June of 1972, President Nixon signed...
Apr 7, 2022 | Nixon and Sports, Nixon Today
“The nation’s number-one baseball fan” – this is how reporter Cliff Evans referred to President Nixon in 1972 and it’s a description he lived up to throughout his life. From attending his first in-person major league baseball game as a young law student in...
Jan 14, 2015 | News, Nixon and Sports
President Nixon addresses football players and students of the University of Nebraska at the university’s Coliseum in Lincoln, Nebraska, on January 14, 1971. On January 14, 1971, President Nixon made an appearance at the University of Nebraska to present its...
Dec 9, 2014 | News, Nixon and Sports
President Nixon receives the National Football Foundation’s Gold Medal Award and speaks of his love for the game of football on its 100th anniversary. (December 9, 1969) On the 100th anniversary of American football, President Nixon was awarded the National...
