Hargreaves, Jennifer,  1937- <br/><br/>
Sporting females :  critical issues in the history and sociology of women's sports / 
Jennifer Hargreaves. 
 - x, 331 pages ;  25 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 292-320) and index. 
<br/><br/> List of tables --  Acknowledgements --  Introduction --  Theories of sports: the neglect of gender --  Sports feminism: the importance of gender --  Nature and culture: introducing Victorian and Edwardian sports for women --  The legitimation of female exercise: the case of physical education --  Recreative and competitive sports: expansion and containment --  The inter-war years: limitations and possibilities --  Femininity or 'musculinity'?: changing images of female sports --  Gender relations of power: institutionalized discrimination --  Olympic women: a struggle for recognition --  Sports for all women: problems and progress --  Into the twenty-first century: diversity and empowerment --  Notes --  References --  Author index --  Subject index.  1.  2.  3.  4.  5.  6.  7.  8.  9.  10.  11. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0415070287 9780415070287 0415070279 9780415070270 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>93024575 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Sports for women--History--Great Britain<br/>Sports for women--Sociological aspects<br/>Feminist theory.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>GV709.18.G7  / H37 1994 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>796.0194