'The blowback was fierce': How one student's voice transformed an Oregon high school's sports program

Despite the passing of Title IX in Oregon years prior, Ida B. Wells High School didn’t offer any girls sports teams in 1974. Lucy Bledsoe changed that.

PORTLAND, Oregon — A Southwest Portland high school is celebrating 50 years since the activation of Title IX for their sports program. Ida B. Wells High School honored alumna Lucy Bledsoe at a school ceremony on Wednesday.

In 1974, girls like Bledsoe didn’t have opportunities to take up space in sports. At the time, Bledsoe was a junior at Ida B. Wells, formerly known as Woodrow Wilson High. Like any active teenager, she simply wanted to play basketball on a school

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