Tag: Sport
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“This is 1972, Wake Up”: The Women Who Took on the Amateur Athletic Union and Won
Kate Taylor details the six women who protested the exclusion of women from the New York Marathon in 1972.
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‘Does the Bicycle Make Women Cruel?’: Freedom, Feminism and the Fin de Siècle
Elizabeth Hill explores nineteenth century fears over women cycling, and how cycling played a role in women’s liberation.
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Love, All: A Brief History of Tennis
Tennis is an exceptionally popular, and somewhat complicated sport. Ailsa Fraser demystifies the history of tennis from the introduction of the neon ball to the bizarre scoring system.
Retrospect Journal 