Women in sports
(and other
great female achievements)
(1968-1978)
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With special thanks to Christine Lewicki (a friend from home who is attending college at Clarkson University), Kara Cady-Sawyer, Allison Meacham (Varsity Softball player at SUNY Albany), Justin Gray (yes, even though he is a male, I felt his outlook was informative), Matt Mahar (also a male friend, from home, who is attending SUNY Binghamton of whose opinions I value), and Rich Barie (yet another male from SUNY Albany who had interesting points).
-------------------- 1968 --------------------
Peggy Fleming is named an All-American ice-skater
Margo Oberg is the first women to win the World Championships for surfing
-------------------- 1970 --------------------
294,000 American high school girls participate in interscholastic sports
Pat Palinkas is the first women to play in a professional football game
-------------------- 1971 --------------------
Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women is formed
-------------------- 1972 --------------------
Congress passes Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972
-------------------- 1974 --------------------
Lanny Moss is the first woman to manage a professional men's baseball team
First issue of Women's Sports magazine is published
-------------------- 1975 --------------------
Junko Tabei is the first woman to reach the peak of Mount Everest
-------------------- 1977 --------------------
Lucy Harris is the first woman to be drafted by an NBA team
-------------------- 1978 --------------------
The first game of women's professional baseball league is played