Men began boxing in the Olympic Games 2000 years ago. Women? Last summer. In August 2012, 36 women entered the Olympic ring for the first time. Our series chronicled their journey. Through our photographs, nationally broadcast radio stories and multimedia presentations in the New York Times, NPR and WNYC, the Women Box series got our audience to think and talk about a group of women, once on the margins, who are collectively pushing the boundaries of what it means to be a girl. What does it take for a woman to break into a male-dominated sport? Why would a woman box when many wish to ban the sport altogether? And is it okay for women to embrace aggression? We followed women boxers from the earliest stages of the Olympic competition through the gripping moment when 17-year old Claressa Shields won an historic gold medal for Team USA. We spent a year reporting this series and launched it before it was on the media radar. Our dedication inspired an unprecedented collaboration between NPR, WNYC, The New York Times, Radio Diaries and PRX. We reached an audience of more than ten million. Women’s boxing made big news as the Summer Games arrived. But no other media explored the historic moment with the intellectual and sociological rigor, sensitivity and nuance that our series did. The series included: * Four NPR radio stories with online slideshows * A six-page photo spread in the NYT Magazine with videos online * An hour radio documentary co-hosted by Rosie Perez This year is the 30th anniversary of Title IX. For the first time the Olympic Games have reached gender parity with the inclusion of women's boxing. We are grateful for the opportunity to have covered, with depth and intimacy, the lives and controversial achievements of these pioneering women.