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This week on ESPN Daily, we have four shows for the 50th anniversary of Title IX.

That's the Civil Rights Law that guaranteed women the opportunity to play.

I'm Allison Glock, Head of W Studios, your host for the next few days.

Pablo will be back next week.

It's Tuesday, June 21st.

So in 1972, 50 years ago, President Nixon of all people signed Title IX into law.

Well, the thing that's funny about Title IX and athletics is like one of the bastions of resistance.

Most people associate Title IX with sports, even though sports is not mentioned in the 37 words of the legislation.

The law guaranteed women and girls protection against discrimination in any education program or activity receiving federal financial assistance.

So it's that activity part that meant Title IX basically created women's sports in America.

We're really hoping that it can set the tone and really create that legacy for women in sports.

I'm Allison Glock.

I spent the past year in change, immersed in all things Title IX, including ESPN films, four part documentary, 37 words.

Part one is directed by my friend Dawn Porter, and in it she shows what life was like for women and what sports was like for women before Title IX became law.

You have to understand that to understand what the fight for Title IX was all about.

One of the centerpieces of the documentary is a sit down with two icons of women's rights.

One is Billie Jean King, the former world number one tennis star with 39 titles under her name.

The press labeled us, you know, women's live. And like, I thought it was funny. I didn't even think about it.

All I knew was that I didn't feel tennis was right.

And then there's Gloria Steinem, the journalist, activist, and one of the matriarchs of the women's movement.

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