The Dick, Kerr Ladies F.C., the ground-breaking women's football club, pose for a photograph during their 1922 North American tour.

French tennis player Suzanne Lenglen competing at Wimbledon, 1926.

Mildred "Babe" Didrikson, shortly after setting a world record in the javelin competition at the 1932 Olympic Games.

Shown in 1934, Helle Nice (born Mariette Helene Delangle) was a French model, dancer and Grand Prix motor racing driver.

Seen in 1950, Toni Stone was the first of three women to play professional baseball full-time in the previously all-male Negro leagues.

The famous Tennessee Tigerbelles stand together after setting a world record in 1960.

American tennis player Billie Jean Moffitt (later King) in action during a semi final in the women's singles championship at Wimbledon, 1964.

In a famous photograph, Kathrine Switzer, center, was attacked by a man who tried to stop her from being the first woman to officially complete the Boston Marathon, in 1967.

Victoria Roche was the first girl to ever play in the Little League World Series, in 1984.

Julie Krone, the only female to ever win the Triple Crown, rides atop her horse at the Belmont Racetrack.

Janet Guthrie stands in front of her car before the Daytona 500 in 1977. She was the first woman to qualify and compete in both the Indianapolis 500 and the Daytona 500.

American athlete Florence Griffith Joyner displays her medals from the Summer Olympic Games in Seoul, 1988.

Debi Thomas at the end of her performance in the women's long program of the 1988 Winter Olympics.

American tennis player Serena Williams kisses her trophy after winning a match at the U.S. Open in 1999.

Tara Nott of the U.S. lifts the bar in women's weightlifting during the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games.