The History of Women's Sports

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Across
  1. 2. 1972 law that required equal opportunities for women in education and sports
  2. 5. First Black woman to win a Grand Slam tennis title (1956)
  3. 7. Event women first entered in 1900
  4. 8. Professional basketball league for women founded in 1996 (abbrev.)
  5. 9. One of the first sports widely played by women in the late 1800s
  6. 10. Tennis champion who fought for equal pay and won the “Battle of the Sexes”
Down
  1. 1. Race officially opened to women in 1972 after years of exclusion
  2. 3. Location of First Olympics where every country had female athletes
  3. 4. Major global tournament first held for women in 1991
  4. 6. Most decorated gymnast in world championship history