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Jacket worn by gymnast Amy Cohen while at Brown University

Object Details

Description (Brief)
Dark brown, long sleeve satin jacket with white and red striped cuffs and waistband worn by gymnast Amy Cohen while at Brown University. Cohen was the co-captain of the 1992 Brown University’s Women’s Gymnastics team and one of twelve plaintiffs in a Title IX lawsuit against the school. As explained by Cohen, "In 1991, Brown University cut funding for four varsity teams including women’s gymnastics. The university thought it was complying with Title IX because it was cutting 2 men’s sports and 2 women’s sports. However, women were underrepresented before the cuts and disproportionately affected by the cuts, In a precedent-setting ruling, which set the standard for determining a school’s compliance with Title IX in the area of athletics, the court mandated that Brown create a plan to comply with the law. In 1997, the U.S. Supreme Court declined Brown’s petition to hear the case, all four teams were restored to university-funded status, and Brown promoted four additional women’s teams to varsity status. Cohen v. Brown was the first Title IX case of its type to receive an appellate court decision. The Civil Rights division of the Department of Justice filed an amicus curiae brief in support of the plaintiffs in the appeals court."
In the March 15, 2019 issue of the Brown University’s, College Hill Independent, “Cohen v. Brown would go on to define how athletics departments manage participation opportunities at Brown and surrounding universities. Almost 30 years later, “following recent federal announcements of changes to the ways universities must interpret Title IX.... , this case exemplifies the complexity of the law’s impact on gender equity in higher education.”
Location
Currently not on view
worn by
Cohen, Amy
subject
Civil Rights Movement
Gymnastics
collegiate
Women
Title IX
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Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
Sports & Leisure
Data Source
National Museum of American History
ID Number
2019.0202.01
accession number
2019.0202
catalog number
2019.0202.01
Object Name
jacket, gymnastics
jacket
Physical Description
fabric, satin (overall material)
fabric, cotton (overall material)
metal (overall material)
Measurements
overall: 27 1/2 in x 26 in; 69.85 cm x 66.04 cm
overall, mounted: 27 1/2 in x 26 1/2 in x 17 in; 69.85 cm x 67.31 cm x 43.18 cm
Record ID
nmah_1954262
Metadata Usage
CC0
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b4-ab0a-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Related Object Groups

  • Girlhood (it’s complicated)

  • We Belong Here: Title IX

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