Women's speed skating was not very high-profile ; in Skøytesportens stjerner ( Stars of the skating sport ), a Norwegian work from 1971, no female skaters are mentioned on the book's nearly 200 pages, though they had by then competed for nearly 30 years.

Women's speed skating and biathlon made their Olympic debuts.

It was during the speed skating events of the Olympic Winter Games in 1988 that The Oval became known as " the fastest ice on Earth ", as world records times were set in seven distance events ( Men's 500 m, Men's 1500 m, Men's 10000 m, Women's 500 m, Women's 1000 m, Women's 3000 m and Women's 5000 m ), and new Olympic records were set in the other three events ( Men's 1500 m, Men's 5000 m and Women's 1500 m ).

Mariucci Arena has been host to prominent regional, national, and international competitions, including the 2005 and 2009 West Regional of the NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Championship, the 2006 NCAA Women's Division I Ice Hockey Tournament, and the 2006 World Short Track speed skating event.

Women's club sets are similar in overall makeup, but typically have higher lofts and shorter shafts in retail sets to accommodate the average female player's height and swing speed.

Women's speed skating was not very high-profile ; in Skøytesportens stjerner ( Stars of the skating sport ), a Norwegian work from 1971, no female skaters are mentioned on the book's nearly 200 pages, though they had by then competed for nearly 30 years.

Despite a crash in the 1929 Women's Air Derby, she returned in 1930 under the sponsorship of the Union Oil Company to win the race – and break Amelia Earhart's world women's speed record with a speed of 196. 19 mph ( 315. 7 km / h ).

Nicole Watt, born in Melfort is a Canadian Women's figure skating Canadian silver medalist.

The Elizabeth Manley skating rink at the Bob MacQuarrie Orléans Recreation Complex ( formerly Orléans Recreation Complex ) is named for figure skater Elizabeth Manley who trained there and who won a Silver Medal in Women's figure skating in the 1988 Calgary Winter Olympics.

Under the auspices of the Women's Recreation Association, interclass competition is organized in badminton, basketball, field hockey, golf, tennis, and swimming.

Mrs. Greenfield is president of the Westfield Women's Republican Club and is a Westfield county committeewoman.

She is the symbol of the United States Women's Navy and was depicted on their Unit Crest.

As of 2011, the Golf Croquet World Champion is Mark McInerney ( Ireland ) and the Women's Golf Croquet World Champion is Rachel Rowe ( England ).

She is best remembered as a leader in the fight for women's right to vote, as a co-editor of the radical arts and politics magazine The Liberator, and as a co-founder of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom.

Similarly, the Multicenter AIDS Cohort Study ( MACS ) and the Women's Interagency HIV Study ( WIHS ) — which between them observed more than 8, 000 Americans — demonstrated that "... the presence of HIV infection is the only factor that is strongly and consistently associated with the conditions that define AIDS.

The Women's Mini Marathon has been run since 1983 on the first Monday in June, which is also a bank holiday in Ireland.

Dianic Wicca is a female born religion based upon Women's shared Blood Mysteries.

It is now the premier IFF event for Men's and Women's Club teams.

Artistic gymnastics is usually divided into Men's and Women's Gymnastics.

The Patriot Center is a 10, 000 seat arena, home court for the Men's and Women's basketball team.

: The fluidity and wit of the witches is evident in the ever-changing acronym: the basic, original title was Women's International Terrorist Conspiracy from Hell [...] and the latest heard at this writing is Women Inspired to Commit Herstory.

The Indiana Fever is a professional women's basketball team that plays in the Women's National Basketball Association ( WNBA ).

Irina Krush ( born December 24, 1983 ) is an American chess player who has won the U. S. Women's Chess Championship in 1998, 2007, 2010, and 2012.

She is the author of a number of works of science fiction, fantasy and feminist literary criticism such as How to Suppress Women's Writing, as well as a contemporary novel, On Strike Against God, and one children's book, Kittatinny.

As a Republican and avid supporter of Women's Suffrage, it is thought that Baum personally did not support the political ideals of either the Populist movement of 1890-92 or the Bryanite-silver crusade of 1896-1900.

* 1942 – World War II: in the United States, a bill creating the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps ( WAAC ) is signed into law.

* 1911 – International Women's Day is launched in Copenhagen, Denmark, by Clara Zetkin, leader of the Women's Office for the Social Democratic Party in Germany.

* 1872 – Women's suffrage in the United States: In defiance of the law, suffragist Susan B. Anthony votes for the first time, and is later fined $ 100.

An exception is Dianic Wicca ( also known as Feminist Witchcraft and / or Feminist Spirituality ), a branch of Wicca practiced almost exclusively by women, most of whom are heterosexual, preferring to practice their spirituality with other women in pursuit of Women's Mysteries.

A separate Women's Cricket World Cup has been held every four years since 1973.

The archives of Elizabeth Garrett Anderson are held at The Women's Library at London Metropolitan University, ref 7EGA

The FIFA Women's World Cup was inaugurated in 1991 and has been held every four years since.

In 1988, the first Henley Women's Regatta was held.

Anthony was invited to speak at the third annual National Women's Rights Convention held in Syracuse, New York in September 1852.

The U. S. National Women's Singles Championships were first held in 1887 in Philadelphia.

The Women's version of the event is held over 500 m. Other than the race distance this is the same as the men's Kilo event, with the fastest rider over the distance declared the winner.

The competition was first held in 2001, and known as the UEFA Women's Cup until 2009.

Winnie Mandela ( born Nomzamo Winfreda Madikizela ; 26 September 1936 ) is a South African politician who has held several government positions and headed the African National Congress Women's League.

Women's bobsleigh competition began in the US in 1983 with two demonstration races in Lake Placid, New York, one held in February and the 2nd held during the World Cup races in March 1983.

While being held in the Women's Detention Center there, she was initially segregated from the general population

Women's groups led by Lucretia Mott and Paulina Wright Davis held public meetings in Philadelphia beginning in 1846.

She later became president of the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies ( the NUWSS ), a position she held from 1890 until 1919.

The archives of Millicent Garrett Fawcett are held at The Women's Library at London Metropolitan University, ref 7MGF.

The archives of Millicent Fawcett are held at The Women's Library at London Metropolitan University, ref 7MGF

The Women's Tennis Association can trace its origins back to Houston, Texas with the inaugural Virginia Slims tournament, arranged by Gladys Heldman, and held on 23 September 1970.

The city has held the 2005 NCAA Men's Basketball First and Second round and hosted the Big 12 Men's and Women's Basketball Tournaments in 2007 ; the city will be the site again in 2009.

The inaugural meeting of the Women's Franchise League ( WFL ) was held on 25 July 1889, at the Pankhurst home in Russell Square.

Much has been made of the fact that she purchased a return rail ticket and a ticket to a suffragette dance later that day, both items held in the collection of the Women's Library in London, and both suggesting that martyrdom was not her intention.

The archives of Emily Davison are held at The Women's Library at London Metropolitan University, ref 7EWD

* There is a special collection held at the London Met Women's Library.

Other regattas and rowing races are held on the same reach, including: Henley Women's Regatta, the Henley Boat Races for women's and lightweight teams between Oxford and Cambridge University, Henley Town and Visitors Regatta, Henley Veteran Regatta, Upper Thames Small Boats Head, Henley Fours and Eights Head, and Henley Sculls.

* Pig Roast, Established: 1986 — Pigroast is an annual barbecue held at Raystown Lake and is sponsored by the Men's rugby team with the support of the Women's Rugby team.

Six years after the men's nationals were first held, the first official U. S. Women's National Singles Championship was held at the Philadelphia Cricket Club in 1887, won by 17-year-old Philadelphian Ellen Hansell, accompanied by the U. S. Women's National Doubles Championship ( not held for the next two years ) and U. S. Mixed Doubles Championship ( not held in 1899 ).