Alice Milliat, born Alice Josephinne Marie Million on 5 May 1884 and living until 19 May 1957, was a French pioneer of women's sport whose lobbying on behalf of female athletes led to the accelerated inclusion of more women's events in the Olympic Games. A member of the Fémina Sport club, founded in 1911, she helped form the Federation Francaise Sportive Feminine in 1917, becoming its treasurer and then, from March 1919, its president. In 1921 she helped organize the first Women's World Games and went on to lead the Women's World Games through four editions held between 1922 and 1934, and she also managed a French women's association football team on a 1920 tour of the United Kingdom. A commemorative statue of Milliat was unveiled at the French Olympic Committee's Paris headquarters on 8 March 2021.
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RolePioneer and administrator of women's sport; translator, writer, rower and football coach 1 Role
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Did Alice Milliat have a connection to football?
She managed a team of Parisian women footballers on a 1920 tour.
Yes. In 1920 Alice Milliat assembled and managed a football team of women from Paris that toured the United Kingdom. In 1917 she had also organised a successful women's association football tournament.
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was a pioneer of women's sport. Her lobbying on behalf of female athletes led to the accelerated inclusion of more women's events in the Olympic Games.
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Alice Josephine Marie Million
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5 May 1884 - 19 May 1957
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5 May 1884 - 19 May 1957
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Nantes, France
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5 May 1884 - 19 May 1957
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5 May 1884 - 19 May 1957
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Meanwhile, in 1917, Milliat had organised a successful women's association football tournament, and in 1920 she assembled and managed a football team of women from Paris that toured the United Kingdom and, representing France, and played against the Dick, Kerr's Ladies in the first European international women's football tournament.
Alice Milliat: Gender
A member of Fémina Sport, a club founded in 1911, Milliat helped form the Fédération Française Sportive Féminine in 1917, becoming treasurer and, in March 1919, its president. In 1921 she helped organise the 1921 Women's World Games, and then the Women's World Games, which ran for four editions from 1922 until 1934.
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Alice Joséphine Marie Milliat (née Million; 5 May 1884 - 19 May 1957) was a pioneer of women's sport.
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