CLINTON SIGNS MEMO TO STRENGTHEN TITLE IX ENFORCEMENT, 1997-06-17 (photo)

President Clinton, flanked by prominent women, signs an executive memorandum designed to strengthen Title IX enforcement and extend its principle of nondiscrimination to areas not currently covered by the law, during a ceremony on the 25th anniversary of the landmark law that opened doors for women, at the Old Executive Office Building June 17. Standing behind Clinton are (L-R) Anne Jarvis Jefferson, a U.S. Presidential Scholar, Dr. Nelba Chavez, the first Hispanic to head an agency within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Olympic gold medalist Jackie Joyner-Kersee, Dr. Sally Ride, America's first female astronaut, and Verelett Allen, founder and executive director of Women's Works, Inc.. CLINTON GENDER