text:  That was Dilma Mendes speaking to Vicky Farncombe. Dilma may have played a part in breaking down sexist barriers in Brazilian football, but there have been many women who have helped to shape the history of female participation in sport more generally. Alexandra Alred was the first woman to make the US bobsleigh team in 1994. She's now a professor at Tarleton State University in Texas and the author of When Women Stood, The Untold History of Females Who Changed Sports and the World.