When the girls came out to play : the birth of American sportswear / Patricia Campbell Warner.

Author/creator Warner, Patricia Campbell, 1936-
Format Book
Publication InfoAmherst : University of Massachusetts Press, ©2006.
Descriptionxxii, 292 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Supplemental ContentTable of contents
Subjects
Sport clothes for women--United States. --History. --20th century.
Sports for women--United States. --History. --20th century.

Contents Factors of change -- Women move out-of-doors : croquet and skating -- Taking up tennis -- Bathing and swimming : seeking a "sensible costume" -- Women enter the Olympics : a sleeker swimsuit -- Bicycling and the bloomer -- Trouser wearing : early influences -- The rise of interest in exercise for women -- Innovation at Wellesley : a uniform for crew -- The debut of the gym suit -- Taking exercise clothes to new places : women biologists at Woods Hole -- The merging of public and private : sportswear and the American style.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 249-278) and index.
LCCN 2006003037
ISBN1558495495 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN1558495487 (library cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN9781558495494

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Joyner General Stacks GT1855 .W37 2006 ✔ Available Place Hold