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In the Olympic Games in Rome 1960 Wilma Rudolph takes the gold in the 100m, 200m and 4x100m relay and breaks three world records.
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President Richard Nixon signed Title IX into law.
Title IX: "No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subject to discrimination under any education program or activities receiving Federal Financial assistance." -
Defeated Bobby Riggs in the Battle of the Sexes which empowered women and contributed to the women's movement.
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Founded in 1974 by tennis legend, Billie Jean King, the Women's Sports Foundation is dedicated to advancing the lives of girls and women through sports and physical activity.
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In Montreal, Canada, the first-ever Women's Olympic Basketball Team Compettition takes place. So Nancy Lieberman became the youngest player in Olympic history to win a medal.
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Janet Guthrie became the first woman to compete in the Daytona 500 and Indianapolis 500. Guthrie had a four-year NASCAR career and her sixth-place finish at Bristol is still the best by a woman.
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Ann Meyers Drysdale was the first and only woman to sign a free agent contract with the National Basketball Association (NBA) team, the Indiana Pacers.
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65 countries, led by President Carter and the U.S. protested the 1980 Olympics following the Soviet Union's 1979 invasion of Afghanistan. The boycott showed that sports were not above world politics.
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Since women's participation in sports is gaining ground, statistics show a rise in viewers and more opportunities open up for former female athletes such as Mary Carillo, Ann Meyers, Cheryl Miller, and Robin Roberts to become sportscasters just as male ex-athletes have.
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Women's basketball announces "We Got Next" as the NBA Board of Governors approves the WNBA.
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The U.S. Women's soccer team beats China at the Rose Bowl with the largest crowd ever to watch a women's sports event on national television and in person.
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Placekicker Ashley Martin, became the first woman to play and score in an NCAA Division I American football game.
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Danica Patrick becomes the first women to lead the Indy 500, which led her to a spot in NASCAR.
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At the age of 50, Nancy Lieberman comes out of retirement on a 7-day contract with the Detroit Shock. Lieberman broke her previous record as the oldest woman to play in the WNBA.
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Nancy Lieberman became the first female head coach of the Texas Legends, one of the NBA's professional D-League teams.
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University of Connecticut's 90 game winning streak led by Maya Moore strengthened Gino Auriemma's status as one of the greatest coaches of all time, in male or female sports.
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The NBA team, the San Antonio Spurs, announced that Becky Hammon was hired as an assistant coach. Hammon was named one of the WNBA's Top 15 Players of All-Time in 2011.
