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Jackie Joyner-Kersee

Growing up in the time of Title IX - it was passed when I was 10 - I got a front-row seat to so many great moments in women's sports. Of course I didn't know it at the time.

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Jackie Joyner-Kersee is saying that because Title IX became law when she was a child, she personally witnessed many important achievements in women's sports as they happened. She also admits that she didn't fully understand the significance of these events while they were occurring.

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