Today, many women compete in sports, but society hasn’t always allowed their participation.
In ancient Greece, women were forbidden to compete in the Olympic Games.
When the modern Olympics began in 1896, women were still not allowed to participate.
It was not until the second modern Olympics of 1900 that women were finally allowed to join the all-male competition.
Society still thought that women were too weak for many sports.
They could only participate in less physically demanding sports, such as archery, golf, and ice-skating.