Ishi Kulshrestha
Breaking Barriers: The Excruciating History of Women in the Olympics
Almost 123 years from today, on May 14, 1900, began the first Olympic event in which women were allowed to participate. Out of the 997 total contestants, 22 were women. Even if there were only 22, seeing women participating in a male-dominated area was a ginormous step towards gender equality and opened up athletic opportunities for more women around the world.
