Nancy Hogshead-Makar on "Stossel"
Nancy Hogshead-Makar at the 1984 Olympics
Her Journey
Born in 1962, Nancy Hogshead-Makar’s extent of talent and charisma that would be shown in the years to follow was probably not expected. She started swimming similar to how any child does; not realizing the sport would become an immense part of her life. As a 14-year-old girl, Hogshead-Makar had already made it as world class. When it came time for college, she was offered Duke University’s first swimming scholarship and continued to pursue her dream while getting her degree. Hogshead-Makar practiced long hours, which brought her Olympic team three gold and one silver medal in 1984.
Following her swimming career, she attended and graduated from Georgetown University. A few years passed before Hogshead-Makar decided it was time to move back home to the state of Florida, where she is now married and a mother of three exceptionally loved children.
Hogshead-Makar is a current professor at Florida Coastal School of Law and the senior director of advocacy for the Women’s Sports Foundation. She has a passion for Title IX law and puts much effort into being an advocate for it. Hogshead-Makar has developed a noticeable work ethic, sense of perseverance and zeal over the years, which she makes an effort to tie into her life, career and all that is set in front of her.
The Interview
Priscilla Brooke & Chelsea Kingsmill held an interview with Nancy Hogshead-Makar an Olympic gold medalist and professor at the Florida Coastal School of Law. The interview consisted on many topics, from growing up in Jacksonville, to the 1984 Olympics, to where she is in her life today.
To start the interview she focused on her childhood and growing up in Jacksonville. In her early years she lived in Gainesville. When she was 11 she moved to Jacksonville. She began attended at Episcopal High School. She gave a big thanks to Randy Reese her swimming coach.
After explaining her decision to attend Duke University, she described how it felt to receive their first ever swimming scholarship. When deciding on a college she wanted to go to a good educational institution, and she knew Duke was the right fit for her. After she spoke about her college life, she talked about living in places like New York City and Washington D.C. before coming back to Jacksonville to practice law.
She went on to discuss what it feels like to be in the Olympics she said, “really nothing can capture what the whole thing is really about … to have my family there and having them sing the National Anthem.” She talked about the friendships she her swimming career, and which friendships she still holds today.
After telling us about her accomplishments, she explained about her battle with Asthma, and how she didn’t realize she had it until a later in her life. Title IX law is a big part of her life, and she told us how much she enjoys being the advocate for people, and how Title IX gives her an outlet to do that.
She covered many topics including, her family. She explained to us how having a family was always a goal she had. She wrapped up the interview by discussing how she would like to be remembered and she gave us advice for other young women.
Through this interview we learned Nancy Hogshead-Makar is an outstanding successful person. It was an honor to meet and speak with her.
Title IX Law
In summary Title IX states "no person in the United States shall on the basis of sex be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity receiving federal financial assistance.”
Title IX can be recognized as gender equity issues in schools and universities. This law falls into six different generalized categories, those being: matters related to the discrimination based off of sex, admissions into schools and onto sports teams, coverage, treatment of the students following admission, employment taking place and procedures.
In the year this law was written out, publicity on the issue, and the law itself was highly noticed - the responsibilities for education institutions and all that followed, sparked much attention. Over the past years though, the recognition of this law has diminished, with the knowledge of it being brushed to the side or simply unknown.
A Quote She Loves
"I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel."
Maya Angelou
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