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Modern Era of Varsity Intercollegiate Women's Sports at Colorado

Please help us celebrate and honor the past 50 years of women’s athletics at the University of Colorado by investing in our future. Make a gift today to support our women’s student-athletes and programs, to ensure opportunities exist for years to come.

Pre Title IX

It is well known that women’s opportunities in competitive sports were limited in the United States until Title IX became law in 1972. What is lesser known is that back at the turn of the 20th Century, the Buffs had the beginnings of a women’s athletic association that was derailed for a variety of reasons.