Women's sports in history; A Spartan woman running. The bare right breast is indicative of her being an athlete Early 1900s: Girls broomball team in Canada Between 1888 and 1893: women playing ice hockey in Canada 1912: Fraulein Kussinn and Mrs. Edwards boxing.

The Women's March was a worldwide protest on January 21, 2017, the day after the inauguration of Donald Trump as US president. It was prompted by Trump's policy positions and rhetoric, which protesters called misogynistic or otherwise threatening to the rights of women. It was the largest single-day protest in U.S. history. The goal of the annual marches is to advocate legislation …

The Women’s March 1956 organised by FEDSAW was one of the first public protests fighting against apartheid and the abolishment of the Pass Laws. 20,000 women marched to the Union Buildings in Pretoria, to protest legislation aimed at tightening the apartheid government’s control over the movement of black women in urban areas and increased ...

The Asian Cricket Council Women's Asia Cup or ACC Women's Asia Cup is a women's One Day International and Twenty20 International cricket tournament. It was established in 2004 and is a biennial tournament. The tournament is contested by cricket teams from Asia.. The first Women's Asia Cup was held in 2004 on Colombo and Kandy in the Sri Lanka. The 2020 …

The women's national volleyball team of Thailand ... History. Volleyball had spread into Thailand since before 1900s. In the past, volleyball was a popular sport among the Chinese and Vietnamese. Until there was competition between the clubs and community associations, sometimes contacted to compete in the Northern region, Northeastern region ...

The Women's Africa Cup of Nations, also called the TotalEnergies Women's Africa Cup of Nations for sponsorship reasons and abbreviated to WAFCON, is an international women's football competition held every two years and sanctioned by the Confederation of African Football (CAF). It was first contested in 1991, but was not held biennially until 1998. ...

The annual NCAA women's ice hockey tournament—officially known as the National Collegiate Women's Ice Hockey Championship—is a college ice hockey tournament held in the United States by the National Collegiate Athletic Association to determine the top women's team in the NCAA. The 2020 championship was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.. Unlike most …

Iran's history is commonly divided into three segments; pre-Islamic, post-Islamic, and the modern era. ... Women's efforts were mostly secretive, and their goals were to improve literacy, women's health, and prevent polygamy and domestic violence. 1925–1940s: This era marked the beginning of the Pahlavi dynasty and the reign of Reza Shah. In ...

Fan bases for the women's team with a new identity rooted themselves in the fabric of history and with the support of the general public the women's game led a rise in feminism that swept across the country. Finally in 1979 the National Sports Council of Brazil passed Deliberation no. 10 reinstating the women's game.

The United States women's national ice hockey team is controlled by USA Hockey.The U.S. has been one of the most successful women's ice hockey teams in international play, having medaled in every major tournament.. In 1998, the women's Olympic hockey team was named the USOC Team of the Year. In April 2015, the women's national ice hockey team was named …