Alice Milliat, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Alice Milliat

Pioneer of women's sport

Date of Birth: 05-May-1884

Place of Birth: Nantes, Pays de la Loire, France

Date of Death: 19-May-1957

Profession: translator, association football manager, rower

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Alice Milliat (1884 in Nantes – 1957) was a pioneer of women's sport in France and around the world.
Her lobbying on behalf of female athletes forced the inclusion of women's events in the Olympic Games. Milliat, a translator by profession participated in the sport of rowing.
She was also an avid swimmer and hockey player. A member of Femina Sport, a club founded in 1911, she helped form the Federation Francaise Sportive Feminine in 1917, becoming treasurer and later president.
In 1921 she organized the first international women's sporting event in Monte Carlo (follow-ups in 1922 and 1923). She is credited with igniting the pressure on the Olympic Games to allow more female representation in a broader range of sports, a process that is still ongoing today.
Her name is engraved on the pediment of a gymnasium in the 14th arrondissement in Paris, thanks to her contributions to athletics.