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Women´s sport(s) include all-female sports competitions and leagues. Women's level of play in all sports rose during the late 20th century, as women and girls were allowed and finally encouraged to devote themselves to training and practice. Title IX supported women athletes' efforts in the U.S. Women now achieve a high level of technical skill and competitiveness unknown to previous generations. More women athletes now have "a strong work ethic, motivation to train on their own, intensity, and a mentality that can focus on the game."http://www.womensoccer.com/biogs/heinrichs.html
History
Women have had to fight for the right to be athletic competitors in antiquity and modern times. In the Ancient Olympics, women were not originally allowed to compete or watch competitions. However, a separate women's athletic event, the Heraea Games, was eventually developed.
In western modern history, few women competed in sports until the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries; women athletes were frowned upon by society. That began to change in many countries, partly due to the women's rights movement. Women's participation, as fans or athletes, is still generally lower than men's. The reasons for this are not well-researched.
Some sports organizations make no division between gender. For example, high schools might have only one soccer team, and the few girls who are willing to play on a co-ed team often do so in spite of discouragement.
Even as women advance in sports, they are less likely to be represented if the more the sport is considered a "contact" game. For example, as of 2005, female boxers are still relatively uncommon, in contrast to female runners.
Magazines
- "Women in Sports" is a UK-based quarterly publication, with news, action pictures and articles for the "UK's elite sportswomen" and girls.
- REAL SPORTS magazine is currently available online. It began publication in 1998, with a mission "to change mainstream media coverage of women's sports, with a particular focus on team sports at the professional, collegiate and national team levels." It grew from 50,000 copies per quarter to bi-monthly printing of over 150,000 copies per issue. The magazine cites the disappearance of seven women's professional leagues and lack of interest in "creating a market for women's sports" as reasons for moving to an online format available via membership. They're hopeful that they will one day re-launch the print version.
- Her Sports is the self-proclaimed "magazine for strong, independent women who regard active sports as an important part of their life and self-image."
- Women's Multisport Online™ is a magazine for women's multisport around the world.
- Listed on the USWPF's website is a magazine called "The Sporting Women's Quarterly," which promises to be "at the helm" of the "women's luxury sports industry." The magazine also promises a spread, in it's inaugural issue (no date listed on website, as of February 2006), on the upcoming Women's Sports Museum. Kimberly Carr-Cavallo is listed as founder, President & League Commissioner of the USWPF and USMPF, as well as Editor-in-Chief of the upcoming magazine. No sign of publication was found in web searches. Previous information in this article stated the following: "Sporting Woman Quarterly was originally founded in 2002 as an online media outlet for women's professional sports. As a quarterly print publication with 4 regular and 2 supplemental special issues it has replaced Sports Illustrated for Women's now defunct women's sports magazine. Sporting Woman Quarterly, also known as SW Quarterly, is a sports lifestyle magazine featuring seasonal sports highlights of women's luxury sports including polo, golf, tennis, and international soccer events, as well as certain collegiate level sporting events."
Museums (US)
Existence or planning of the US Women's Sports Museum has not been verified.
However, according to the Women's Polo Foundation website as of February 2006, the United States Women's Sports Museum is still planning to open in Atlanta, Georgia. Listed on the USWPF's website is a new magazine called "The Sporting Women's Quarterly," which promises to be "at the helm" of the "women's luxury sports industry." The magazine also promises a spread, in it's spring 2006 inaugural issue, on the upcoming museum. The USWPF site also mentions the "United States Women's Sports Federation," apparently distinct from the Sports Foundation|http://www.womenssportsfoundation.org/cgi-bin/iowa/index.html, founded in 1974 by Billie Jean King. Kimberly Carr-Cavallo is listed as founder, President & League Commissioner of the USWPF and USMPF, as well as Editor-in-Chief of the upcoming magazine. Carr-Cavallo
Related pages
Athletes
Athletic Associations
American Football
Australian rules football
Baseball
Basketball
Boxing
Cricket
Football (Soccer)
Golf
- Women's major golf championships
- Professional golf tours - and several of the articles linked from that page
Gymnastics
Ice hockey
- IIHF World Women Championships
- American national women's hockey team
- Canadian national women's hockey team
- Finnish national women's ice hockey team
- Swedish national women's ice hockey team
- Russian national women's ice hockey team
- German national women's ice hockey team
- Chinese national women's ice hockey team
- Kazakhstani national women's ice hockey team
- WMLB
- WNHL
Lacrosse
Martial Arts
Rowing
Tennis
Volleyball
- Volleyball at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Women's Beach Volleyball
- Volleyball at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Women's Volleyball
Wrestling
See also
References
"Women's sports"