Title IX at 50: Explore the complete State Journal series on the law's impact on Wisconsin athletics

Cindy Bremser had to borrow shoes for a race from her coach. Becky Johnson and basketball players endured tight quarters on the Lathrop Hall basketball court. Traveling was 'awful.' It wasn't easy for Badgers women's athletes in the 1970s.

As Title IX turns 50, a look back at the conditions for women's athletes at Wisconsin in the 1970s shows the law didn't flip a switch for equity but gave proponents a legal basis to push for change.

Long after the passing of Title IX in 1972, UW spent more than a decade in violation of the law. Finally changing that meant reshaping the athletic department. Here's how university leaders did that.

Title IX helped create opportunities that didn't exist before for women’s athletes. Here's where current and recent UW women’s athletes see areas for continued growth of women's college athletics.

Three former members of the Wisconsin women's basketball program share their stories on how they got to games before and during the early Title IX era.