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The first international women\u2019s sports event, The Women\u2019s Olympiad, kicked off in Monte Carlo on 24th March, 1921. A hundred athletes from five nations competed in track and field events, defying the male-dominated Olympic movement that excluded women from all sports except tennis, golf, sailing and croquet.\nCreated by campaigner Alice Milliat, the event showcased the skills of pioneering athletes Mary Lines, Violette Morris and Lucie Br\xe9ard - but was primarily intended to put pressure on the \u2018proper\u2019 Olympics to finally admit women into all sports - something not fully achieved for another forty years.\xa0\nIn this episode, Arion, Rebecca and Olly explain how rumours of \u2018fainting\u2019 women put the feminists\u2019 cause back by decades; consider whether the IOC\u2019s concerns regarding \u2018ladylike\u2019 pursuits were straightforward sexism; and reveal how a Paris2024 tribute to Milliat\u2019s victory was usurped by corporate sponsorship\u2026\nFurther Reading:\n\n\u2018Throwback Thursday: How a French Feminist Staged Her Own Games and Forced the Olympics to Include Women\u2019 (Vice, 2016): https://www.vice.com/en/article/xybw9k/throwback-thursday-how-a-french-feminist-staged-her-own-games-and-forced-the-olympics-to-include-women\n\n\n\u2018Women and the Olympic Dream - The Continuing Struggle for Equality, 1896-2021 - By Maria Kaj\u2019 (McFarland, 2022): https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Women_and_the_Olympic_Dream/MBx9EAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=alice+milliat&pg=PA39&printsec=frontcover\n\n\n\u2018Women's Olympic Games at Monte Carlo\u2019 (Topical Budget, 1923): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uq1BV2pcXd0\n\n\n\n#Sport #Sexism #France\nWe'll be back on Monday - unless you join\xa0\U0001f334CLUB RETROSPECTORS\U0001f334, where we give you ad-free listening AND a full-length Sunday episode every week!\nPlus, weekly bonus content, unlock over 70 bonus bits, and support our independent podcast.\nJoin now via\xa0Apple Podcasts\xa0or\xa0Patreon.\xa0Thanks!\n\xa0\nThe Retrospectors are Olly Mann, Rebecca Messina & Arion McNicoll, with Matt Hill.\nTheme Music: Pass The Peas. Announcer: Bob Ravelli. Graphic Design: Terry Saunders. Edit Producer: Sophie King.\nCopyright: Rethink Audio / Olly Mann 2023.\n Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices