Polivy had been a high school gym teacher — and earlier, a college tennis player — before she graduated from law school and embarked on a legal career that would put her at the center of the battles over Title IX.
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Polivy had been a high school gym teacher — and earlier, a college tennis player — before she graduated from law school and embarked on a legal career that would put her at the center of the battles over Title IX.