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Feminists argued about female frality. They wanted equal opportunities to establish their professions as women physical educators.
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Before 1890, wealthy women took up sprots like archery, golf, croquet, tennis and golf. They were less demanding in strength, and there were no teams.
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Women from Staten Island, New York formed their own athletic club.
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The Sargent School put females through exercize routines.
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The first women's national tennis championship was help at the Philadelphia Cricket Club.
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The Boston Normal School of Gymnastics set up separate physical education classes in college.
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Bicycling was adopted to middle-class women.
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After Naismith invented Basketball, it became the mosy popular sport among college women.
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Negative reactions to Eleanora Spears' request to practice with men showed the prevailing idea of sports being associated with manhood.
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Women's rules for basketball awarded an automatic point to the offended team, plus a free throw to the victim of the foul.
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Olympic officials put together the Committee of Women's Athletics.
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Sybil Bauer broke the world (men's) record in the backstroke. She also became the 6th person to swim the English Channel 6 years later.
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During the 1920's, females joined in on male cheer squads.
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Gertrude Erdle was the 1st woman to swim the English Channel.
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Babe Didrickson broke 5 Olympic world (men's) records.
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The All-American Girls Softball League began with four teams.
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The All-American Girls Baseball League offered almost 500 women the opportunity to play professional baseball.
