Alice Milliat

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Alice Milliat, in a rowboat around 1913

Alice Milliat (born May 5, 1884 in Nantes as Alice Million ; † May 19, 1957 in Paris ) was a French swimmer , hockey player and rower, as well as a sports official and campaigner for women's rights .

Life

As the daughter of wealthy parents (Hyppolite and Joséphine Million), she learned different languages, worked as a French teacher in London and married the businessman Joseph Milliat there when she was 20. However, her husband died after four years and Milliat remained single from then on.

She then played various sports, took part in car races, drove a rowing race over the distance of 80 km and became a member of Fémina Sport Paris , of which she soon became the treasurer and from 1915 also the chairwoman. In this capacity she co-founded the French women's sports federation FSFSF ( Fédération des sociétés féminines sportives de France ) and with it the international women's sports federation FSFI ( Fédération sportive féminine internationale ). She left the association sports scene as early as 1935. Through her pragmatism (contrary to the wishes of the feminists, the German Walter Bergmann became the vice-president of the women's sports association) and the organization of women's world championships since 1921 , she put international, male-dominated sport under pressure and achieved the inclusion of more women’s competitions at the Olympic Games .

Many sports facilities in France bear her name.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ André Drevon, Alice Milliat, la Pasionara du sport féminin, Paris, Vuibert, 2005; ISBN 2-7117-7134-2 .
  2. ↑ Alice Milliat. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on March 3, 2016 ; accessed on January 2, 2016 .
  3. ^ Arnd Krüger : The Unfinished Symphony. A History of the Olympic Games from Coubertin to Samaranch, in: James Riordan & Arnd Krüger (Eds.): The International Politics of Sport in the 20th Century. London: Routledge 1999, pp. 3-27.
  4. ^ Mary H. Leigh and Thérèse M. Bonin: The Pioneering Role Of Madame Alice Milliat and the FSFI in Establishing International Trade and Field Competition for Women. In: library.la84.org. Retrieved January 2, 2016 .
personal data
SURNAME Milliat, Alice
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Million, Alice (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French sports official
DATE OF BIRTH May 5, 1884
PLACE OF BIRTH Nantes
DATE OF DEATH May 19, 1957
Place of death Paris