further reflections, reaffirming Mary Wollstonecraft
- Categories
- Book/Boek
- Creator
- Park, Roberta J. > (ed.)
- Creator
- Vertinsky, Patricia > (ed.)
- Publish Year
- 2014
- Shelfmark
- WER4 2014 - B
- Thesaurus
- sporten, sportberoepen, pioniers, onderwijsgevenden, vrouwbeelden, historisch, 19e eeuw, 20e eeuw, biografische gegevens, bundel
- Description
- Description of the contributions, achievements, backgrounds and motivations of women in a variety of historical and geographical contexts. Included chapters: From Physical Educators to Mothers of the Dance: Margaret H’Doubler and Martha Hill / Patricia Vertinsky: The Physical is Political: Women’s Suffrage, Pilgrim Hikes, and the Public Sphere / Jaime Schultz: From Alice Milliat to Marie-Therese Eyquem: Revisiting Women’s Sport in France, 1920s-1960s / Thierry Terret: Eliza Maria Mosher: Pioneering Woman Physician and Advocate for Physical Education / Alison M. Wrynn: Recreation and Racial Politics in the Young Women’s Christian Association of the United States, 1920s-1950s / Martha H. Verbrugge: Leading the Way in Science, Medicine and Physical Training: Female Physicians in Academia, 1890-1930 / Susan G. Zieff: Empowering Women Through Sport: Women’s Basketball in Brazil and the Significant Role of Maria Helena Cardoso / Claudia M. Guedes: Strong, Athletic and Beautiful: Edmondo De Amicis and the Ideal Italian Woman / David Chapman and Gigliola Gori: Women as Leaders: What Women Have Attained In and Through the Field of Physical Education / Roberta J. Park. This book was previously published as a special issue of the International Journal of the History of Sport.