They Run with Surprising Swiftness: The Women Athletes of Early Modern Britain

Women have battled for a place in the male-dominated world of sports throughout the twentieth and early...
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Author: Peter Radford
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They Run with Surprising Swiftness: The Women Athletes of Early Modern Britain by Radford, Peter

They Run with Surprising Swiftness: The Women Athletes of Early Modern Britain

$118.55

They Run with Surprising Swiftness: The Women Athletes of Early Modern Britain

$118.55
Author: Peter Radford
Format: Paperback
Language: English

Women have battled for a place in the male-dominated world of sports throughout the twentieth and early twenty-first centuries, overturning obstacles and highlighting the changing position of women in societies around the world. This has become one of the defining stories of our age and the central story of women's sports. They Run with Surprising Swiftness tells a different and much older, forgotten story with many of the same themes.

Sports have never been the sole preserve of men; women athletes have always been there. As this book shows, throughout the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries in Britain, women of all ages ran, fought, rode, played football, cricket, tennis, and other sports. They competed in tough, head-to-head events that required extraordinary endurance and skill. Though not labeled "athletic" at the time, these women performed feats that in our age would certainly earn that descriptor. They Run with Surprising Swiftness recognizes these remarkable athletes and their achievements and aims to restore them to their rightful place in the long history of women in sport.



Author: Peter Radford
Publisher: University of Virginia Press
Published: 05/05/2023
Pages: 314
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.07lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.70d
ISBN: 9780813947938

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