776 B.C. - First Olympic Games held in Ancient Greece. Women were excluded but were allowed to compete every 4 years in the Games of Hera.
1567 - Mary Queen of Scots said to be first woman to play golf.
1811 - First women’s golf tournament held in Musselburgh, Scotland.
1856 - Catherine Beecher publishes first fitness manual for women.
1865 - Opening of Vassar College, the first school of Physical Training that provided women classes in horseback riding, gardening, swimming, skating, and various other activities.
1900 - Women compete in Paris Olympics in golf, tennis, and croquet.
1902 - Madge Syers entered the men’s world championship for figure skating and placed 2nd.
1907 - Women’s first organized bowling league created in St. Louis, Missouri.
1914 - The American Athletic Union allowed women to register for national swimming championships.
1917 - Lucy Diggs Slowe became first African American women to win national title at the American Tennis Association national tournament.
1922 - American Athletic Union opens track and field events to women.
1924 - Figure skating was first sport open to women in Winter Olympics.
1928 - Women allowed to compete in Olympic track and field events.
1931 - Jackie Mitchell was the first woman to play professional baseball. She even struck out Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig in an exhibition game this year.
1567 - Mary Queen of Scots said to be first woman to play golf.
1811 - First women’s golf tournament held in Musselburgh, Scotland.
1856 - Catherine Beecher publishes first fitness manual for women.
1865 - Opening of Vassar College, the first school of Physical Training that provided women classes in horseback riding, gardening, swimming, skating, and various other activities.
1900 - Women compete in Paris Olympics in golf, tennis, and croquet.
1902 - Madge Syers entered the men’s world championship for figure skating and placed 2nd.
1907 - Women’s first organized bowling league created in St. Louis, Missouri.
1914 - The American Athletic Union allowed women to register for national swimming championships.
1917 - Lucy Diggs Slowe became first African American women to win national title at the American Tennis Association national tournament.
1922 - American Athletic Union opens track and field events to women.
1924 - Figure skating was first sport open to women in Winter Olympics.
1928 - Women allowed to compete in Olympic track and field events.
1931 - Jackie Mitchell was the first woman to play professional baseball. She even struck out Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig in an exhibition game this year.
1943 - All American Girls Baseball League formed after so many men had to go to war.
1971 - First time women were allowed to play 5-player, full court basketball.
1972 - U.S. Congress passes Title IX to foster more equitable federal financial aid to women’s sports programs.
1987 - Jackie Joyner-Kersee was on the cover Sports Illustrated Magazine.
1991 - U.S. Soccer team wins the first Women’s World Cup.
1997 - Women’s National Basketball Association first season.
2007 - Wimbledon Tennis Tournament announced it would pay men and women equal prize money.
1971 - First time women were allowed to play 5-player, full court basketball.
1972 - U.S. Congress passes Title IX to foster more equitable federal financial aid to women’s sports programs.
1987 - Jackie Joyner-Kersee was on the cover Sports Illustrated Magazine.
1991 - U.S. Soccer team wins the first Women’s World Cup.
1997 - Women’s National Basketball Association first season.
2007 - Wimbledon Tennis Tournament announced it would pay men and women equal prize money.