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Female Feminists
Feminists argued about female frality. They wanted equal opportunities to establish their professions as women physical educators. -
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Wealthy Women
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. -
Staten Island
Women from Staten Island, New York formed their own athletic club. -
Sargent School
The Sargent School put females through exercize routines. -
Tennis
The first women's national tennis championship was help at the Philadelphia Cricket Club. -
Boston Normal School of Gymnastics
The Boston Normal School of Gymnastics set up separate physical education classes in college. -
Bicycling
Bicycling was adopted to middle-class women. -
Basketball
After Naismith invented Basketball, it became the mosy popular sport among college women. -
Eleanora Spears
Negative reactions to Eleanora Spears' request to practice with men showed the prevailing idea of sports being associated with manhood. -
Women's Rules
Women's rules for basketball awarded an automatic point to the offended team, plus a free throw to the victim of the foul. -
Athletics
Olympic officials put together the Committee of Women's Athletics. -
Sybil Bauer
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. -
Cheerleading
During the 1920's, females joined in on male cheer squads. -
Gertrude Erdle
Gertrude Erdle was the 1st woman to swim the English Channel. -
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Babe Didrickson
Babe Didrickson broke 5 Olympic world (men's) records. -
Softball
The All-American Girls Softball League began with four teams. -
Pro's
The All-American Girls Baseball League offered almost 500 women the opportunity to play professional baseball.
