Fighting the Current: The Rise of American Women's Swimming, 1870-1926 - Softcover

Bier, Lisa

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0786440287 ISBN 13: 9780786440283

Verlag: McFarland & Co Inc, 2011

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Críticas:

"An excellent addition to women's sports history collections"--Midwest Book Review; "uncovers the forgotten history of women's swimming...Bier's excellent narrative covers an important gap in the history of women's athletics"--C&RL News; "this book is a joy. It deserves to be read by a wide academic audience but also is readable enough to be given to your friends who are swimmers"--Sport in History.

Reseña del editor:

Describes the origins of women's competitive swimming in the United States, beginning in the nineteenth century.Women faced many obstacles to safe swimming opportunities, including beliefs about physical abilities, access to safe and clean water, bathing suits that did not allow for movement, and opposition from sporting organizations. This is a testament to how far female athletes have come.

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• Verlag: McFarland & Co Inc
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0786440287
• ISBN 13: 9780786440283
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 220