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.
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.
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
* 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
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