the 19th century iconoclast who forever changed America's views about women, academics and sports
- Categories
- Book/Boek
- Creator
- Krohn, Marie
- Publish Year
- 2007
- Shelfmark
- VS 9 POU 2008
- Thesaurus
- wetenschappelijke beroepen, topsport, rolgedrag, seksisme, Verenigde Staten, Victoriaanse tijd, biografie
- Description
- Biography of Louise Pound who epitomised the turn-of-the-century 'New Woman'. She was a worldclass athlete in both tennis and golf. She is recognized for having laid the social groundwork for subsequent female athletes like 'Babe' Didrikson Zaharias. She defied academic sexism and traveled to Germany to obtain a Ph. D. Upon returning to the States, she became a world-renowned philologist, American folklorist and educator.