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1st Women's gold tournament in Musselburgh Scotland
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Women's singles competetion begins at Wimbledon, Maude Watson wins!
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Women compete in Paris Olympics in golf, tennis and croquet
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Madge Syers of Britian enters Men's Figure Skating World Championships and places 2nd.
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Madge Syers wins 1st Women's Figure Skating gold medal.
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American Athletic Union (AAU) allows women to compete in swimming nationals.
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AAU opens track and feild to women
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Figure Skating open to women in the winter Olympics
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Track and Feild added to Olympics for women!
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Virne Mitchell becomes the 1st women in Professional Baseball
She struck out Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig. Women were banned from the sport later that same year! -
All American Girls Baseball League was formed.
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Patty Berg Founds Ladies Professional Golf Association
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Kathryn Johnson becomes first girl to play little league.
Johnson was 12 years old and lived in Corning, N.Y.. -
Maureen Connolly is the 1st woman to win a Grand Slam!
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Gymnast Larissa Latynina completes her Olympic career.
She had 18 medals, more than any athlete ever. -
Roberta Gibb 1st woman to run and finish the Boston Marathon.
This is unoffical because women could not offically enter until 1972. -
Diane Crump is the first won to compete in the Kentucky Derby.
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Women given the nod to play 5-player, full court basketball.
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U.S. Congress passes Title IX.
Title IX allows equal funding for women sports programs. -
Girls offically allowed to play little league.
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Janet Guthrie is the first woman to drive in the Indy 500.
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Lucy Harris is the first woman drafted to the NBA.
Not only was she the first she was also the only. She declined. -
ANn Meyers trys out for and signs with an NBA team.
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Ann Meyers first woman drafted into the WNBA
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Kathy Whitworth is the 1st woman to be inducted into the Golf Hall of Fame
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Georgeann Wells-Blackwell is the 1st woman to dunk in a collegiate basketball game.
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Jackie Joyner-Kersee is the 1st woman on the cover of Sports-Illustrated.
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Ann Meyers inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame.
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Julie Krone first woman to win a Triple Crown!
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Picabo Street is the 1st woman to win teh World Cup for downhill skiing
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WNBA has it's 1st season.
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Tennessee Coach Pat Summitt is the 1st woman to reach 800 wins!
She recently reached her 1000th win, the most in NCAA history! -
Wimbledon annouces equal prize money for men and women!
