Alice Josephine Marie Million May 1884 Nantes, France
Died
19 May 1957 (aged 73) Paris, France
Occupation
Translator, writer, rower, soccer coach
Nationality
French
Alice Joséphine Marie Milliat née Million (5 May 1884 – 19 May 1957) 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.
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. She also managed a French women's association football team that toured the United Kingdom in 1920. On 8 March 2021, a commemorative statue of Milliat was unveiled at the French Olympic Committee's headquarters in Paris.
Alice Joséphine Marie Milliat née Million (5 May 1884 – 19 May 1957) was a pioneer of women's sport. Her lobbying on behalf of female athletes led to...
have female presidents. In 1919, French translator and amateur rower, AliceMilliat initiated talks with the IOC and International Association of Athletics...
euros annually. Activists urged the arena should be named in honour of AliceMilliat (1884–1957), a French athlete, sports official and campaigner for women's...
meet in the United States was held and it was called "a field day". AliceMilliat argued for the inclusion of women at the Olympics, but the International...
the domains of art and culture. Until October 2020, she presides the AliceMilliat foundation [fr], only European foundation for women's sport, launched...
Europe according to UEFA. The league was originally created in 1918 by AliceMilliat and ran for 12 successful seasons until women's football was banned...
100-yard dash (12.0 seconds). She also received an honorary prize from AliceMilliat, president of Fédération Sportive Féminine Internationale (FSFI) for...
Women's World Games in Prague. The Women's World Games were created by AliceMilliat as an alternative to the Olympics, which at that time included only...
international women's sports event, a multi-sport tournament organized by AliceMilliat, opened in Monte Carlo. Marie Curie completed her visit to the United...
France. On 20 August 1922, at the "Women's Olympics," established by AliceMilliat who was a leader in the women’s sports movement in France, Lenoir also...
Chicago, 218. "Madame A. Milliat". Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art: The Dinner Party: Heritage Floor: Madame A. Milliat. Brooklyn Museum. 2007...
France, the UK, the U.S., Italy and Czechoslovakia and organised by AliceMilliat of France after the International Olympic Committee had refused to include...
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