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Run Like A Girl: A Documentary on the History of Women’s Distance Running
by Stephanie Perleberg: Believe and Run On!
posted July 6, 2011 at 9:23am

It amazes me how small this world is. It was a regular day at work when a rep for a shoe company came into the store to show us their goods. There were only a few people there that morning so me and my fellow co-worker went to greet them. After a few minu...more

Ring of Honor Retrospective: Vickie Johnson
by Swish Appeal
posted July 3, 2011 at 10:29am

June 21, 1997: Vickie Johnson defends Penny Toler in the first game of the WNBA. (Photo by Todd Warshaw/NBAE via Getty Images) For the most part, your intrepid blogger tends to shy away from non-game posts. But this season, as the Liberty finall...more

Happy Canada Day!: A list of the Top 5 Canadian Women's Sport Books
by Women in Sport International
posted July 1, 2011 at 2:08pm

It is Canada Day and I live in Ottawa... so needless to say this is going to be a short and sweet blog post. In honor of Canada Day, I have put together a list of the Top 5 Canadian Women's Sport Books for those of you looking for some extra reading this ...more

Fencing, Boxing, & the Physical Culture of Women 121 years ago
by LostCentury
posted July 1, 2011 at 3:07am

April 26, 1890 – The Illustrated American The physical culture of women is a subject that, starting as a fashionable fad, has attained the dignity of a real reform movement. Gymnastics are taught in numbers of the schools and colleges for girls bot...more

15th year anniversary of WNBA today
by They're Playing Basketball
posted June 21, 2011 at 12:54pm

It's on tonight, like it was 15 years ago on this date: LA and NY facing off here in LA. Penny Toler was playing for the Sparks at the time, but she always had her eye on being the organization's general manager. Tickets for tonight's game will be reduced...more

Women’s Sports Without Illusions: The First Week
by Wendy Parker's Extracurriculars
posted June 18, 2011 at 9:07pm

Thanks to all those on Twitter and elsewhere for their comments this week to the start of my series, “Women’s Sports Without Illusions.” I’m really humbled by it all. Of course, I’m not expecting the precincts of The Sisterhood to report in, ...more

Images of Us (IOU) Sports Interview with All-American Girls Baseball League Member (Milwaukee, WI)
by Stephanie Perleberg: Believe and Run On!
posted June 15, 2011 at 1:12pm

Recently I found a wonderful organization in my area (Milwaukee, Wisconsin) that focuses on girls and women in sports. I was under the impression that there was nothing in this area for women in sports, but I was determined to find it. Google search after...more

Coming next week: Special series on women and sports
by Wendy Parker's Extracurriculars
posted June 9, 2011 at 9:26pm

Tweet < p> So what’s this racquet all about? There is an excellent answer to this question that I do plan to reveal here very soon. It will be a very personal reply to one of the most important aspects of my life, and it’s one that I’ve als...more

114 years ago - The Athletic Summer Girl of 1897
by LostCentury
posted May 31, 2011 at 1:21am

May 30, 1897 - The Sunday Herald: Syracuse, New York FAIR ONE'S FADS The Athletic Summer Girl of '97 NOT STYLISH TO BE FLABBY Must Excel in Golf, Fencing, Swimming and Rowing The summer girl of 1897 is to be distinctly an athlete. She may still clin...more

1903 - The Birth of Women's Softball
by LostCentury
posted May 22, 2011 at 1:57pm

February, 1903 - Spalding’s Athletic Library Official Indoor Base Ball Guide INDOOR BASE BALL FOR WOMEN By Milo S. Walker, Ph.D., West Division High School, Chicago, Ill. Indoor base ball has been played by the young women of the West Division and ...more

American Women Bowling in 1872
by LostCentury
posted May 16, 2011 at 1:49pm

1872 bowling article & illustration from The Graphic (London): A Ladies' Game in an American Ten-Pin Alley...more

Women 100 years ago Exercise Workout Video
by LostCentury
posted May 11, 2011 at 1:53pm

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1899 - Volleyball - The New Game for Girls
by LostCentury
posted May 7, 2011 at 3:39pm

April 23, 1899, Sunday - The San Francisco Call “Volley ball is the game par excellence for girls and young women. It is a new game and meets all the requirements for exercise and physical culture.” So said Miss Walker, instructor in physical tr...more

1892 on Horseback - Where Women Ride Astride
by LostCentury
posted May 3, 2011 at 9:09pm

1892 Harper's Weekly article and illustration - "Where Women Ride Astride" - England...more

Confronting Sexual Abuse and Harassment by Sport Coaches: A Need for a National Effort
by mhueter
posted May 3, 2011 at 1:19pm

This NEW white paper was passed along to us by Donna Lopiano, Ph.D., President of Sports Management Resources. It was developed by members of the "Project to Address Coach-Athlete Sexual Harassment and Abuse", a group of former athletes and sport adm...more

1896 article - "In a Girls' Gymnasium"
by LostCentury
posted May 1, 2011 at 11:10am

1896 article in Munsey's Magazine by Jean Pardee-Clark , "In A Girls' Gymnasium" (excerpts). Illustration by J.M. Gleeson....more

Princess Kate - The Athlete Under the Tiara
by MarQFPR
posted April 29, 2011 at 11:30pm

Princess Kate Rowing for a Cause in 2007 (All photos courtesy The London Daily Mail) With all the "Royal Wedding" talk going on Friday, some people have been critical about the perception of royalty and where women stand in it. Princess Kate is lookin...more

1886 article & illustrations - Swimming for Girls and Women
by LostCentury
posted April 27, 2011 at 8:55pm

1886, Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper article and illustration, "Natation for Girls and Women." The article says the artist is a woman but her name is not credited....more

1900 Woman's Physical Development and Emile Zola
by LostCentury
posted April 26, 2011 at 10:30am

1900 Woman's Physical Development magazine cover with motto "Ugliness a Sin, Health is Beauty," and article by Emile Zola, "Why Modern Sports Benefit Woman."...more

1896 article - Regular Exercise for Girls
by LostCentury
posted April 25, 2011 at 10:23am

January 14, 1896 – Harper’s Young People Regularity in bodily training is the “golden rule” of all physicians and gymnasium teachers. “A little exercise every day, taken at a certain time,” is worth more than all the spasmodic exertio...more

1902 article - The Athletic Girl Not Unfeminine
by LostCentury
posted April 24, 2011 at 2:16pm

1902 article published in Outing magazine written by Christine Terhune Herrick...more

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