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The 1900's through 2011
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Women compete in the Paris Olympics in golf, tennis, and Croquet.1,330 athletes, including 11 women, competed in 1900, representing 22 countries, according to the official IOC numbers, which have been revised several times.
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Florence Madeline "Madge" Syers (née Cave, 16 September 1881 – 9 September 1917) was a British figure skater. She became the first woman to compete at the World Figure Skating Championships in 1902 by entering what was previously an all-male event and won the silver medal, which prompted the International Skating Union (ISU) to create a separate ladies' championship.
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In 1914 the AAU (American Athletic Union) finally allows women to register for the national swimming Championship.
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Video of Gertrude Ederle Gertrude Caroline Ederle (October 23, 1905 – November 30, 2003) was an American competitive swimmer. In 1926, she became the first woman to swim across the English Channel.
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Virne Beatrice "Jackie" Mitchell Gilbert (August 29, 1912, 1913 or 1914 – January 7, 1987) was one of the first female pitchers in professional baseball history. Pitching for the Chattanooga Lookouts Class AA minor league baseball team in an exhibition game against the New York Yankees, she struck out Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig in succession.[1]
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(AAGPBL) was a women's professional baseball circuit which existed for twelve seasons from 1943 through 1954. For the first three seasons the league did not have an official All-Star team. Nevertheless, on July 1, 1943 took effect the first All-Star Game of the league, which coincidentally became the first night game ever played at Wrigley Field.
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Alice Marie Coachman (born November 9, 1923 in Albany, Georgia) is an American former athlete. She specialized in high jump, and was the first black woman to win an Olympic gold medal.
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Marilyn Bell Di Lascio is a retired long distance swimmer, born October 19, 1937, in Toronto, Ontario. She was the first person to swim across Lake Ontario and later swam the English Channel and Strait of Juan de Fuca.
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Althea Gibson (August 25, 1927 – September 28, 2003) was a World No. 1 American sportswoman who became the first African-American woman to be a competitor on the world tennis tour and the first to win a Grand Slam title in 1956.
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The National Women's Rowing Association was founded in 1962. The National Women's Rowing Association sponsored some regional and national competitions,
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Not until 1924 did women self-govern their basketball competitions. The three-section court wasn't reduced to two sections until 1938, which was two years after men began playing basketball in the Olympic (the guys were nice enough to let us in 40 years later). In 1971, we were finally considered robust enough to play a full-court game,
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Billie Jean KingBillie Jean King (née Moffitt; born November 22, 1943) is a former professional tennis player from the United States. She won 12 Grand Slam singles titles, 16 Grand Slam women's doubles titles, and 11 Grand Slam mixed doubles titles.
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She was a standout player in high school, college, the Olympic Games, international tournaments, and the professional levels. Meyers was the first player to be part of the U.S. national team while still in high school. She was the second woman to be signed to a four-year athletic scholarship for college, at UCLA She was also the only woman to sign a contract .
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Georgeann Wells was an All-American basketball player at West Virginia University (WVU) who became the first woman to register a dunk in an official NCAA intercollegiate basketball game. She did it with a regulation-size ball (a men's basketball)
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The United States women's national soccer team (sometimes referred to as USWNT) represents the United States in international soccer competition and is controlled by U.S. Soccer. The U.S. team won the first ever Women's World Cup in 1991, and has since been a superpower in women's soccer. It is currently ranked first in the world by the FIFA Women's World Rankings.[1] The team has also won the 1999 Women's World Cup, three Olympic Women's Gold Medals (1996, 2004 and 2008) and eight Algarve Cups
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Ann Meyers career escalated women's basketball to a new level. Meyers was the first high school player to make a U.S. national team and the first woman to receive a full athletic scholarship from UCLA, where she finished her stunning career owning twelve of thirteen school records. A supremely talented all-around player with natural basketball ability and instincts, Meyers was the first player, male, or female, named to Kodak's All-America team in four straight seasons. She also played on the fi
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The James E. Sullivan Award, presented by the American Amateur Athletic Union (AAU), is awarded annually in April to "the outstanding amateur athlete in the United States". Often referred to as the Oscar of sports awards. The award is named for the AAU's founder and past president, James Edward Sullivan. Based on the qualities of leadership, character, and sportsmanship. -
Effa L. Manley (March 27, 1897 – April 16, 1981) was an American sports executive, and the first woman inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame. She co-owned the Newark Eagles baseball franchise in the Negro leagues with her husband Abe from 1935 to 1946 and was sole owner through 1948 after his death.
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The Win!"It's a long time coming. Finally," Patrick said. "It was a fuel strategy race, but my team called it perfectly for me. I knew I was on the same strategy as Helio and when I passed him for the lead, I couldn't believe it. This is fabulous."
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Amy Palmiero-Winters (born August 18, 1972) is a below-knee amputee who currently holds eleven world records in various track events. In 2010, she was awarded the James E. Sullivan Award as the top amateur athlete in the United States and the ESPN ESPY Award as the top female athlete with a disability in the world.
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Article from IWG's siteSportAccord signed the Brighton Declaration on Women and Sport as a step towards improving gender equality within the international sports movement.
