Women's sports - Women

February 9, 2012


		1 Introduction 2 History 3 Magazines 4 Museums 5 Related pages 6 See also 7 References

Women Women

Women's sports

Wikipedia

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."<ref>http://www.womensoccer.com/biogs/heinrichs.html</ref>

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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.

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Magazines

http://www.wsf.org.uk/products/index.php| "Women in Sports" is a UK-based quarterly publication, with news, action pictures and articles for the "UK's elite sportswomen" and girls.

http://www.realsportsmag.com/ 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.

http://www.hersports.com/ 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."

http://www.womensmultisport.com/ Women's Multisport Online??? is a magazine for women's multisport around the world.

Sports Illustrated Women (now defunct)

The Sporting Women's Quarterly is a sports lifestyle magazine featuring women's luxury sports.

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Museums

United States
Atlanta Polo Museum
Scheduled for opening in 2007. All items on exhibit until scheduled opening. See http://www.uswpf.com for more information.

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Athletes

Famous Women Athletes

Athletic Associations

Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women

American Football

Women's American football

Australian rules football

Women's Footy

Rec Footy

Baseball

All-American Girls Professional Baseball League|Women??s baseball

Basketball

Women's basketball|Women??s basketball

*Women's National Basketball Association

*List of WNBA players

*Women's Chinese Basketball Association

Boxing

Women's boxing

*List of female boxers

Cricket

Women's test cricket

Football (Soccer)

Women's football (soccer)

*List of women's football teams

*List of women's football clubs in England and Wales

*List of women's national football teams

*List of women's football (soccer) competitions

*Women's United Soccer Association

Golf

Women's major golf championships

Professional golf tours - and several of the articles linked from that page

Most of Wikipedia's articles about women golfers are in :Category:LPGA Tour golfers, :Category:Ladies European Tour golfers or :Category:LPGA of Japan Tour golfers

Gymnastics

NCAA Women's Gymnastics championship

Ice hockey

IIHF World Women Championships

*2004 Women's World Ice Hockey 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

Women's lacrosse

* International Federation of Women's Lacrosse Associations

** Women's Lacrosse World Cup

Martial Arts

List of female mixed martial artists

Polo

U.S. Women's Polo Federation http://www.uswpf.com

Rowing

Henley Women's Regatta

NCAA Rowing Championship

Tennis

List of female tennis players

Volleyball

Volleyball at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Women's Beach Volleyball

Volleyball at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Women's Volleyball

Wrestling

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