When the Second World War broke out in 1939 just over five million ... in society? Women were praised for their wartime work, but expected to make way for the returning troops. As after WW1 ...
Women competed for the first time at the 1900 Games in Paris. Of a total of 997 athletes, 22 women competed in five sports: tennis, sailing, croquet, equestrianism and golf. The IOC is committed to ...