Title They run with surprising swiftness : the women athletes of early modern Britain / Peter Radford

Published Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2023 ©2023

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 296 pages): illustrations Series Peculiar bodies Peculiar bodies: stories and histories. Contents In Hera's footsteps -- Women runners in Britain: the evidence -- "Of good conversation": from 1638 -- Running for shifts and smocks: to 1699 -- "A Prince's wine and biskets": 1700-1724 -- Visitors write home: 1725-1749 -- Paying the ultimate price: 1750-1774 -- Exhilaration and athleticism: 1775-1799 -- The power to endure: 1800-1824 -- Moral meddling, cant, and sheer humbug: 1825 onward -- The runners: overview, 1638-1850 -- Women tennis players, team players, fighters, and jockeys: the evidence -- The tennis players -- The team players -- Cricketers of all ages and sizes -- The fighters -- The equestrians -- Women athletes: summary Summary "This book traces women's competitive running and participation in team sports in Britain throughout the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries"-- Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on March 30, 2023) Subject Women athletes -- Great Britain -- History -- 17th century Women athletes -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century Women athletes -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century Team sports -- Great Britain -- History -- 17th century Team sports -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century Team sports -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies Team sports Women athletes Great Britain Genre/Form Electronic books History Form Electronic book LC no. 2022053787 ISBN 0813947944 9780813947945

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