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Freeing the Female Body - Inspirational Icons

English · Hardback

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All the freedom of the boy: Elizabeth Cady Stanton, 19th-century architect of women's rights, Roberta J. Park; a martyr for modernity: Qiu Jin, feminist, warrior revolutionary, Fan Hong and J. A. Mangan; a militant madonna: Charlotte Perkins Gilman, feminism and physical culture, Patricia Vertinsky; a lifetime of campaigning: Ettie Rout, emancipationist beyond the pale, Jane Tolerton; breaking bounds, Alice Profe, radical and emancipationist, Gertrud Pfister; at the heart of a new profession: Margaret Stansfeld, a radical English educationalist, Richard Smart; Alexandrine Gibb in no man's land of sport, M Ann Hall; glittering icin of fascist femininity: Trebisonda Ondina Valla, Gigliola Gori; ignoring taboos: Maria Lenk, Latin American inspirationalist, Sebastiao Votre and Ludmila Mourao; in pursuit of empowerment: Sensei Nellie Kleinsmidt and gender challenges in South Africa, Denise E.M. Jones; epilogue: prospects for the new millennium - women, emancipation and the body, J.A. Mangan.

Summary

Stories of remarkable women who devoted their lives to the cause of women's physical liberation are told in this volume.

Product details

Authors Boria Majumdar
Assisted by Fan Hong (Editor), Hong Fan (Editor), Fan Hong (Editor of the series), Boria Majumdar (Editor of the series), J A Mangan (Editor of the series)
Publisher Taylor and Francis
 
Languages English
Product format Hardback
Released 31.05.2001
 
EAN 9780714650883
ISBN 978-0-7146-5088-3
No. of pages 288
Weight 690 g
Series Sport in the Global Society
Subjects Guides > Sport

SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, Sports & outdoor recreation, Sport: general, Gender studies: women, Gender studies: women and girls, SPORTS & RECREATION / Women in Sports

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