Martha H Verbrugge

Active Bodies

A History of Women's Physical Education in Twentieth-Century America

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Active Bodies examines the ideas, programs, and experiences of white and black female physical educators from the introduction of mandatory gym class through the recent revolution in women's sports. Amidst sweeping changes in science, feminism, and attitudes about gender, race, and sexuality, women teachers debated how to achieve equity for their female students and themselves.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 406
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. September 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 155mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 567g
• ISBN-13: 9780190844134
• ISBN-10: 0190844132
• Artikelnr.: 48250231

Autorenporträt

Martha H. Verbrugge is Presidential Professor in the Department of History at Bucknell University and the author of Able-Bodied Womanhood: Personal Health and Social Change in Nineteenth-Century Boston.

Inhaltsangabe

* Acknowledgments
* Introduction: Body, Science, and Difference in the Gym
* 1. "Who is that woman?": Female Physical Educators, 1890s-1940s
* 2. Active Womanhood and the Science of Sex Differences, 1890s-1940s
* 3. Gym Periods and Monthly Periods, 1900-1940
* 4. Gender, Race, and Equity: Howard University and the University of
Nebraska
* 5. "The Joy of Hard Play": Competitive Activities for College Women,
1920s-1950s
* 6. Separate and Unequal: The Public Schools of Washington, D.C.,
1890s-1950s
* 7. "It's just the gym": Female Physical Educators, 1950-2005
* 8. Physical Fairness: Science, Feminism, and Sex Differences,
1950-2005
* 9. Exercising Caution: Physical Activity and Reproductive Health,
1940-2005
* Conclusion: Justice in the Gym
* Notes
* Select Bibliography
* Index