Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Gasar mata a wasanni ta kasance ba ta da kyau a cikin al'ummomi da yawa a baya. Makarantar jama'a ta Ingila ta shirya wasanni a cikin karni na 19 da farkon karni na 20 ya haifar da nuna bambanci wanda ke hana mata shiga cikin wasanni, misali, babu mata da ke gasa a gasar wasannin Olympics ta 1896. Karni na 20 ya ga manyan ci gaba a cikin halartar mata a wasanni saboda karuwar motsi na wasanni na mata a Turai da Arewacin Amurka. Wannan ya haifar da fara gasar Olympics ta Mata (wanda aka gudanar sau uku a 1921, 1922 da 1923) da Wasannin Mata na Duniya (wanda aka gudanar sau hudu (1922, 1926, 1930
da kuma 1934. A cikin 1924 an gudanar da gasar Olympics ta mata ta 1924 a London. Ƙara yawan 'yan mata da mata a cikin wasanni ya kasance wani ɓangare na' yancin mata da mata na mata na karni na sha tara da na ashirin, daidai da haka. A Amurka, halartar dalibai mata a wasanni ya karu sosai ta Dokar Title IX a 1972, wanda ya haramta nuna bambancin jinsi a duk bangarorin kowane yanayin ilimi da ke amfani da taimakon kudi na tarayya, wanda ya haifar da karuwar kudade da tallafi don bunkasa 'yan wasa mata.