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First Game of Womens Basketball
In 1897 women played the first game of womens basketball. Men had played basketball before but this was the first time women had ever played this game. -
Lucky Diggs Slowe: First African American women to win tennis tournament
Lucky Diggs Slowe wins national tennis tournament at the American Association and is the first black women to accomplish that goal. -
First FIBA World Campionship for women
In 1953 women's basketball had a championship game. USA won gold, Chile won silver, and France won bronze. -
Maureen Connolly is the first women to win all four Grand Slam tournaments.
Maureen Connolly also known as, "Little Mo," won many major tennis tournaments such as, the Austrailian Open, the U.S. Open, the French Open, and Wimbledon. The Grand Slam is a very important annual tennis tournament that includes, money, trophies, and media attention. -
Billie Jean King: Tennis Legend
Bille Jean KingBillie Jean was the very first female tennis player to win over $100,000.00 in a single season during the 1970s. -
Title Nine
title nineThe Title Nine law was passed in 1972, that states that girls can play sports just like boys. -
Women were offererd scholorships
In 1973 schools offered partial scholorships. In 1974 they started full scholorships and Ann Meyers was offered a full scholorship. -
First womens basket ball on TV
Finally, in 1975 the first game was televised. -
FIFA Women's World Cup
In 1991, the first Women's World Cup was held in People's Republic of China and made a mark and showed that women are ust as powerful as men. -
Football at the 1996 Summer Olympics
In 1996, Womens soccer was added to the Olympics helping the craze for womens soccer become higher and higher.