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Fighting the Current: The Rise of American Women's Swimming, 1870-1926

Fighting the Current: The Rise of American Women's Swimming, 1870-1926


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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.

Table of Contents:
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     

About the Author :
Lisa Bier is a librarian at Southern Connecticut State University.

Review :
“An excellent addition to women’s sports history collections”—Midwest Book Review; “uncovers the forgotten history of women’s swimming...Bier’s excellent narrative covers an important gap in the history of women’s athletics”—C&RL News; “this book is a joy. It deserves to be read by a wide academic audience but also is readable enough to be given to your friends who are swimmers”—Sport in History.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780786440283
  • Publisher: McFarland & Co Inc
  • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Co Inc
  • Height: 229 mm
  • No of Pages: 220
  • Returnable: Y
  • Sub Title: The Rise of American Women's Swimming, 1870-1926
  • Width: 152 mm
  • ISBN-10: 0786440287
  • Publisher Date: 26 Aug 2011
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: Y
  • Spine Width: 11 mm
  • Weight: 367 gr


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