SPORTS SHE WROTE

A Time-Capsule of Primary Documents Written by Women in the 19th Century

Home – About – Ball Sports – Columnists – Cycling – Equestrianism – Fashion – Outdoor Sports – Physical Fitness – Water & Ice – Contact

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WOMEN’S SPORTS

Did not begin with Title IX.

They began in Century XIX.


Ball Sports – Ella Black – Helen Dauvray

Adelia Brainerd – Diana’s Ball Sports – Diana’s Outdoor Sports – Diana’s Fitness, Fashion & Beauty – Diana’s Anecdotes & Aphorisms

Tricycle Days 1881-1888 – Bicycle Days 1888-1895 – Bicycling in 1896 – Bicycle Days 1896-1900 – Bike Journal Correspondents – “Daisie” Helen Bassett – Elizabeth Pennell Awheel – Ambitious Bicycle Tours – Fiction on Wheels 1882-1885

Equestrian Reports – Nannie Lambert O’Donoghue – The Horsewoman’s Trilogy

What to Wear

Adventure Seekers – Camping Out – Fannie Pearson Hardy – Fisherwomen – Mountaineering – Women on the Hunt

7 Exercise Manuals – Fitness, Grace, Health & Beauty – Physical Education & Culture

Water & Ice



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