Wendy Toms which was then unique for a female. She was the first woman to be included on the list of Football League assistant referees when she was chosen for the 1994-95 season, and became a referee in the Football Conference two seasons later, creating another precedent when she took charge of the game between Kidderminster and Nuneaton Borough her first Conference match as referee. Almost a year after that, she operated as an assistant referee in the Premier League, again, the first female ever to do so. Two years after her debut in that league, and having 'run the line' for
Women's sport in Australia the only Australian female on the Australian Team at the 1960 Paralympic Games, the first Summer Games. In 2006, Emily Jansen, a below-knee amputee alpine skier, became Australia's first female Winter Paralympian. In 1984, the Commonwealth Sex Discrimination Act 1984 was passed. This Act made it unlawful to discriminate against a person for their sex, marital status or if they were pregnant. All sporting clubs were forced to give the option to women if they wanted to become members in any sport they played or participated in. Australian government's have encouraged women's participation in sport. In 1985, Australian Government's working