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Fighting the current : the rise of American women's swimming, 1870-1926 / Lisa Bier.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bier, Lisa, 1971-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Ederle, Gertrude, 1906-2003.
- Ederle, Gertrude.
- Olympic Games--(7th : 1920 : Antwerp, Belgium).
- Olympic Games.
- Olympic Games--(8th : 1924 : Paris, France).
- Olympic athletes--History.
- Olympic athletes.
- Swimming for women--United States--History.
- Swimming for women.
- Swimming--United States--History.
- Swimming.
- History.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- vi, 214 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., [2011]
- Summary:
- "This book describes the origins of women's competitive swimming in the United States. Women faced many obstacles to safe swimming opportunities, including restrictive beliefs about physical abilities, access to safe clean water, bathing suits that did not allow for movement, and opposition from official sporting organizations. This book is a testament to how far female athletes have come"--Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- 1 Safe Waters 3
- 2 Swimming Schools and Kate Bennett, New York's Swimming Instructor Extraordinaire 15
- 3 Swimming for All 19
- 4 Swimming as Spectacle 29
- 5 The Rise of the Amateur Movement 40
- 6 International Waters 45
- 7 The Water-Safety Movement and the Volunteer Life Saving Corps 53
- 8 Women and the Volunteer Life Saving Corpsp61
- 9 Elaine Golding, Rose Pitonof, and the Rise of the Female Racer 69
- 10 The National Women's Life Saving League 78
- 11 Looking Towards the Olympic Games 82
- 12 Sullivan's Last Stand 90
- 13 Women Enter the World of Amateur Athletics 94
- 14 The New York Women's Swimming Association 102
- 15 Championships and the Beginnings of International Competition 110
- 16 The 1920 Olympic Games 115
- 17 Famous Athletes 120
- 18 The 1924 Olympic Games 126
- 19 Gertrude Ederle 135
- 20 The English Channel 139
- 21 Training 142
- 22 Gone to Neptune 148
- 23 Suspicions and Facts 154
- 24 Turning Professional 159
- 25 Try, Try Again 162
- 26 The Channel Again 168
- 27 Victory 175
- 28 Homecoming 183.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780786440283
- 0786440287
- OCLC:
- 707825565
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