Women's Sports: A HistoryThe subject is rife with social and cultural implications which Guttmann explores as he traces the development of women's sports from antiquity to the present, including the evolution and the revolution in the 20th century and contemporary controversies. |
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
A History of Womens Sports | 5 |
From the Egyptians to the Etruscans | 7 |
Spartan Girls and Other Runners | 17 |
Matrons and Gladiators | 33 |
The Lady Hunts a Stag | 41 |
A Renaissance for Womens Sports? | 53 |
Cricketeers on the Green and Viragos in the Ring | 67 |
The Europeans Take the Lead | 154 |
Womens Sports and Totalitarian Regimes | 172 |
Evolutionary Change | 189 |
The Present State of Womens Sports | 207 |
Revolutionary Change | 209 |
Three Contemporary Controversies | 251 |
Notes | 267 |
Bibliographical Note | 317 |
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