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1900. The first 19 women to compete in the modern Olympics Games in Paris, France, play in just three sports: tennis, Golf, and croquet. Margaret I. Abbott is the first American woman to win an Olympic gold medal. An art student in Paris, she won the nine-hole golf tournament by shooting a 47.

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