Womens sports

Wemon in Sports

By Joycelynn
  • Women golfers
    Jan 1, 1552

    Women golfers

    There is no month or day but there is a year, which is 1552. The queen of Scots, Mary, a golfer, coins the word "caddy", her assistent being called caddy. On the famous golf coares at St. Andrews is built.
  • Women Boxers

    Women Boxers

    There is no exact date, but the year is 1722. British fighter Elizabeth Wilkinson enters the boxing ring.
  • Competed in a 4 mile race

    Competed in a 4 mile race

    There is no exact date, but in 1804, Alicia Meynell of England, competed in a 4 mile race.
  • Race

    Race

    There is not an exact date, but the year is 1805. Englishwoman Alicia Meynell, defeated a leading male, in a race.
  • Lacrosse played by women.

    Lacrosse played by women.

    There is no date but a year. The first lacrosse games played by women, colleges offering scholarship dollars.
  • Womens baseball.

    Womens baseball.

    There is not an exact date, but the Dolly Vardens, a blacks womens professional baseball team,
  • Tennis

    Tennis

    There is no date, but it was done in the spring. Mary Ewing Outerbridge of Staten Island introduces tennis.
  • Swimming

    Swimming

    Some time in August, Eliza Bennett swam across the Hudson river.
  • Moutain climbing.

    Moutain climbing.

    There is not a date, but a year. Fay Fuller climbed 14,410 foot Mt. Rainier in Washington.
  • Ping Pong

    Ping Pong

    There is not an exact date, but ping pong or also none as table tennis is intevented.