The first Women’s Olympic Games – it began in Paris!
The 1922 Women’s Olympic Games – Jeux Olympiques Féminins – was the first global sporting competition for women. The event was held on one day – 20 August 1922 – at the Pershing Stadium in Paris.
The 1922 Women’s Olympic Games was established because the International Olympic Committee refused to include women’s events in the Paris 1924 Olympic Games. So, women held their own.
Martina Nicolls is an Australian author and international human rights-based consultant in education, healing and wellbeing, peace and stabilisation, and foreign aid audits and evaluations. She has written eight books and continues writing articles and thoughts through her various websites. She loves photography, reading, and nature. She currently lives in Paris, France. View more posts
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