Fighting the Current - Lisa Bier

Fighting the Current

The Rise of American Women's Swimming, 1870-1926

(Autor)

Buch | Softcover
220 Seiten
2011
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
978-0-7864-4028-3 (ISBN)
27,40 inkl. MwSt
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.
In 1926, Gertrude Ederle became the first female to swim the English Channel--and broke the existing record time in doing so. Although today she is considered a pioneer in women's swimming, women were swimming competitively 50 years earlier. This historical book details the early period of women's competitive swimming in the United States, from its beginnings in the nineteenth century through Ederle's astonishing accomplishment. Women and girls faced many obstacles to safe swimming opportunities, including restrictive beliefs about physical abilities, access to safe and clean water, bathing suits that impeded movement and became heavy in water, and opposition from official sporting organizations. The stories of these early swimmers plainly show how far female athletes have come.

Lisa Bier is a librarian at Southern Connecticut State University.

Table of Contents



Introduction     



1. Safe Waters     

2. Swimming Schools and Kate Bennett, New York’s Swimming Instructor Extraordinaire     

3. Swimming for All     

4. Swimming as Spectacle     

5. The Rise of the Amateur Movement     

6. International Waters     

7. The Water-Safety Movement and the Volunteer Life Saving Corps     

8. Women and the Volunteer Life Saving Corps     

9. Elaine Golding, Rose Pitonof, and the Rise of the Female Racer     

10. The National Women’s Life Saving League     

11. Looking Towards the Olympic Games     

12. Sullivan’s Last Stand     

13. Women Enter the World of Amateur Athletics     

14. The New York Women’s Swimming Association     

15. Championships and the Beginnings of International Competition     

16. The 1920 Olympic Games     

17. Famous Athletes     

18. The 1924 Olympic Games     

19. Gertrude Ederle     

20. The English Channel     

21. Training     

22. Gone to Neptune     

23. Suspicions and Facts     

24. Turning Professional     

25. Try, Try Again     

26. The Channel Again     

27. Victory     

28. Homecoming     



Notes     

Bibliography     

Index     

Zusatzinfo 26 photographs
Verlagsort Jefferson, NC
Sprache englisch
Maße 152 x 226 mm
Gewicht 310 g
Themenwelt Sachbuch/Ratgeber Sport Segeln / Tauchen / Wassersport
Geisteswissenschaften Geschichte
Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie Gender Studies
ISBN-10 0-7864-4028-7 / 0786440287
ISBN-13 978-0-7864-4028-3 / 9780786440283
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