The document summarizes the history of women's participation in sports and athletics. It traces the evolution from women being banned from the original Olympics in Ancient Greece to the inclusion of some women's events in the early 1900s Olympics. It discusses the establishment of organized youth sports leagues for boys in the US in the 1900s that initially prohibited girls, as well as the passage of Title IX in the 1970s that increased girls' participation in high school sports. It provides salary comparisons between professional male and female athletes. Finally, it encourages continued support and growth of women's sports.

2. ESSENTIAL QUESTION
Why are males seen as dominant
athletes over females?

3. OLYMPICS 776 BC
 Olympia, Greece
 Young free men competed
• Show character
• Physical ability
 Ancient Events
• Lasted 5 days long
 Women not allowed to compete
• Married women not allowed to watch
• Unmarried women welcome

4. 1890S
 Revival of the Olympics
 Women known as house wives
 Doctors suggest physical activity for women
• Avoid overexertion and infertility
• Produce stronger babies
 Social changes for women
 Resulted in small competitive sports

5. WOMEN IN THE OLYMPICS
 1900, 19 women competed in Paris, France
Olympic Games
 Tennis, Golf and Yachting
 Margaret Abbot
 Lida Scott Howell
 1924 Paris Olympics
• Broke 100-person (female competitors) mark of
136 participants
• 2,954 men participants

6. PHYSICAL HOBBIES MAKING HISTORY
 Gertrude Ederle
• 1926: first women to swim the English Channel
• English Channel is 21 miles long
 All American Girls’ Baseball League
 Barbara Washburn
• 1947: first women to climb Mount McKinley

7. BASEBALL IN AMERICA
 1920s
 Carl Stotz
• Idea of organized baseball leagues for young boys
• Created first Little League in Williamsport,
Pennsylvania
 June 6th, 1939: first official Little League
baseball game

8. LITTLE LEAGUE
 Provided principles such as:
• Sportsmanship, fair play and teamwork
 Prohibited young girls from joining
 Kathryn Johnson
 1974: Little League Softball created
• First year: 30,000 girls signed up to play
 Currently Little League Softball 360,000 athletes
participate on more than 24,000 teams in over
20 countries;

9. TITLE IX
 Protected people from discrimination based on
sex in education programs or activities which
receive Federal financial assistance.
 States:
• “No person in the United States shall, on the basis
of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied
the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination
under any education program or activity receiving
Federal financial assistance.”

10. THE START OF HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS
 1970s
 High Schools started:
• Having sports teams for girls
• Hiring female coaches
 More males attended school than females
 Female athlete percent increased from 2% in
1971 to 10% in 1975

11. HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS TODAY
 Athlete numbers
• Depend on area students live in
 Top 5 Sports for Males:
• Football, Basketball, Baseball, Wrestling,
Track and Field and Soccer
 Top 5 Sports for Females:
• Basketball, Track and Field, Volleyball, Softball and
Soccer,
 There are more male athletic scholarships given
away than there are for females.

12. MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
 Professional Baseball club
 Started in 1846; Hoboken, New Jersey
 National League
 American League
 Virne Mitchell
 Women banned from MLB
 No major league baseball or softball still today

13. NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION
 After WWII
• First official game November 1st, 1946 in Toronto,
Canada
 Two Divisions
• The East
• The West
 Back then, only made 5,000
dollars during season

14. WOMEN’S NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION
 NBA Board of Governors approved WNBA in
1997
 Not aired on channels like ESPN and NBC until
2001
• Use to be aired on Lifetime Network
 Eight teams formed during WNBA’s first year
 WNBA is the only female professional league

15. SALARY’S OF PROFESSIONAL SPORTS
Annual salary of a professional athlete:
1) NBA: $5.15 million
2) MLB: $3.2 million
3) NHL: $2.4 million
4) NFL: $1.9 million
5) WNBA: $72,000

16. FEMALE ATHLETES IN HISTORY
 Bonnie Blair
 Wilma Rudolph
 Mia Hamm
 Lisa Fernandez

17. TODAY’S FEMALE ATHLETES MAKING HISTORY
 Danica Patrick
 Shawn Johnson
 Allyson Felix
 Lindsey Vonn

18. SANDLOT CLIP
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RrG5UBzSJ-
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19. SPORTS MOVIES WITH GENDER ROLES

20. WOMEN’S SPORTS FOUNDATION
 Billie Jean King
 Started in 1974
 Dedicated to advancing the lives of girls and
women through sports and physical activity
 Programs all over the country

21. WHAT CAN WE DO?
 Attend women's sporting events
 Support companies that advocate for women's
athletics
 Encourage television stations and newspapers
to cover women's sports
 Have more people sign up to coach a girls'
sports team
 Encourage young women to participate in
sports

22. LINK TO MY PRESENTATION
Find on SlideShare.com
Username: hannahmatt44

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