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Catherine Beecher - correct answer ✔✔In 1840, Female reformer that pushed for female
employment as teachers; however, she still embraced the role of a good homemaker for
women. She was an example of the fact that not all women were pushing for radical reforms.
Catherine Beecher book - correct answer ✔✔In 1855 she wrote "healthful exercise and
amusements are the most important remedies."
Matthew Vassar - correct answer ✔✔In 1861, he created the first women's college in America
which was called the "Calisthenium" in Poughkeepsie, New York and paved the way for more
colleges for women. Also, housed the School of Physical Training where faculty implemented
Matthew Vassar's vision of fusing rigorous physical and intellectual activity for women students.
middle and upper middle women roles - correct answer ✔✔expected to devote their lives to
the pursuit of domestic responsibilities as wife, homemaker, and mother while working-class
and minority women were excluded from athletics simply by their social status.
Dudley A. Sargent - correct answer ✔✔In 1912, summarized these views when tackled the
question "Are Athletics Making Girls Masculine?"
-His conclusion was definitely in the affirmative: " physically all forms of athletic sports and most
physical exercises tend to make women's figures more masculine, in as much as they tend to
broaden the shoulders, deepen the chest, narrow hips, and develop the muscles of the arms,
back and legs which are masculine characteristics.
-"Any one who has had much experience in teaching or training women must observed these
facts in regard to them: Women as a class cannot stand a prolonged mental or physical strain as
well as men ." he went on to urge that leaders make certain to limit the playing of basketball
,because of many reports of high school girls suffering from "nervous collapse" and "breaking
down with heart trouble" due to excessive exercise
young girls roles - correct answer ✔✔expected to play with dolls, not balls and parents worried
that their daughters, upon reaching puberty might become "muscle bound", "tomboys" or
worse if they engaged in vigorous physical activity.
female education leaders role - correct answer ✔✔In 1920s, felt compelled to create a
defensive position that embraced "moderation" to the point where they urged the abolition of
competitive sports programs in the public schools and universities
what were women considered? - correct answer ✔✔unwelcome intruders
common belief - correct answer ✔✔Athletics could damage women's reproductive organs
physical activity with women - correct answer ✔✔could produce acute nervousness and
hyperactivity appetite, and serious bodily injury
Lippincott magazine - correct answer ✔✔1911 published an article entitled "The
Masculinization of girls" which explored the pros and cons of the new "athletic girl". The
magazine reported, "She loves to walk, to row, ride, motors, and run....just as man walks, jumps,
rows, rides, motors, and runs.
"Athletic girl" - correct answer ✔✔a positive development: "with muscles tense and blood
aflame, she plays the manly role." and that raised important questions.
Bicycle Craze - correct answer ✔✔in the 1890s a rise of leisure class led to this new form of
transportation; they became a fad in the 1870's and even led to a more casual way of dressing
, Safety Bicycle - correct answer ✔✔offered women a unique opportunity to expand their
mobility and increase physical activity. provided women with a new sense of freedom,
prompting Susan B. Anthony to call it the "freedom machine".
Frances Willard - correct answer ✔✔published a humorous book called "A wheel within a
wheel: how I learned to ride the bicycle" emphasized the importance of exercise as contributing
to better health and a heightened sense of individual worth.
what did the bicycle cause? - correct answer ✔✔mobility and freedom. Frances urged parents
to permit their daughters to learn to ride if they were normally constituted and dressed
hygienically,"
village of camden, ohio - correct answer ✔✔in 1904 the high school established its first girls
team. The towns weekly newspapers reported that the schools "fair maiden" were defeated in a
game because their "feminine sweetness" was no match for the " rough and tumble" visitors
from nearby city who "used other than lady-like tactics"
Senda Berenson - correct answer ✔✔a physical education instructor at Smith's College, created
the "Smith's rules" for women's basketball .
Smith's rule - correct answer ✔✔Members of six-person teams were restricted to separate
areas on the court, physical contact was forbidden and a player could dribble the ball only once.
Defenders could neither "snatch" the ball from an opponent nor attempt to prevent an
opponent from shooting for a goal. Berenson model gained popularity and stifled the
development of rigourous play and it set the tone for growing movement by leading women's
sports on the campus.
Iowa Girls high school athletic union - correct answer ✔✔public schools in Iowa persisted in
sponsoring the game but, it remained custom until conformity with the now standard five-
person game was imposed by the Iowa Girls High school athletic union amid a firestorm if
controversy in 1993.
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Catherine Beecher - correct answer ✔✔In 1840, Female reformer that pushed for female
employment as teachers; however, she still embraced the role of a good homemaker for
women. She was an example of the fact that not all women were pushing for radical reforms.
Catherine Beecher book - correct answer ✔✔In 1855 she wrote "healthful exercise and
amusements are the most important remedies."
Matthew Vassar - correct answer ✔✔In 1861, he created the first women's college in America
which was called the "Calisthenium" in Poughkeepsie, New York and paved the way for more
colleges for women. Also, housed the School of Physical Training where faculty implemented
Matthew Vassar's vision of fusing rigorous physical and intellectual activity for women students.
middle and upper middle women roles - correct answer ✔✔expected to devote their lives to
the pursuit of domestic responsibilities as wife, homemaker, and mother while working-class
and minority women were excluded from athletics simply by their social status.
Dudley A. Sargent - correct answer ✔✔In 1912, summarized these views when tackled the
question "Are Athletics Making Girls Masculine?"
-His conclusion was definitely in the affirmative: " physically all forms of athletic sports and most
physical exercises tend to make women's figures more masculine, in as much as they tend to
broaden the shoulders, deepen the chest, narrow hips, and develop the muscles of the arms,
back and legs which are masculine characteristics.
-"Any one who has had much experience in teaching or training women must observed these
facts in regard to them: Women as a class cannot stand a prolonged mental or physical strain as
well as men ." he went on to urge that leaders make certain to limit the playing of basketball
,because of many reports of high school girls suffering from "nervous collapse" and "breaking
down with heart trouble" due to excessive exercise
young girls roles - correct answer ✔✔expected to play with dolls, not balls and parents worried
that their daughters, upon reaching puberty might become "muscle bound", "tomboys" or
worse if they engaged in vigorous physical activity.
female education leaders role - correct answer ✔✔In 1920s, felt compelled to create a
defensive position that embraced "moderation" to the point where they urged the abolition of
competitive sports programs in the public schools and universities
what were women considered? - correct answer ✔✔unwelcome intruders
common belief - correct answer ✔✔Athletics could damage women's reproductive organs
physical activity with women - correct answer ✔✔could produce acute nervousness and
hyperactivity appetite, and serious bodily injury
Lippincott magazine - correct answer ✔✔1911 published an article entitled "The
Masculinization of girls" which explored the pros and cons of the new "athletic girl". The
magazine reported, "She loves to walk, to row, ride, motors, and run....just as man walks, jumps,
rows, rides, motors, and runs.
"Athletic girl" - correct answer ✔✔a positive development: "with muscles tense and blood
aflame, she plays the manly role." and that raised important questions.
Bicycle Craze - correct answer ✔✔in the 1890s a rise of leisure class led to this new form of
transportation; they became a fad in the 1870's and even led to a more casual way of dressing
, Safety Bicycle - correct answer ✔✔offered women a unique opportunity to expand their
mobility and increase physical activity. provided women with a new sense of freedom,
prompting Susan B. Anthony to call it the "freedom machine".
Frances Willard - correct answer ✔✔published a humorous book called "A wheel within a
wheel: how I learned to ride the bicycle" emphasized the importance of exercise as contributing
to better health and a heightened sense of individual worth.
what did the bicycle cause? - correct answer ✔✔mobility and freedom. Frances urged parents
to permit their daughters to learn to ride if they were normally constituted and dressed
hygienically,"
village of camden, ohio - correct answer ✔✔in 1904 the high school established its first girls
team. The towns weekly newspapers reported that the schools "fair maiden" were defeated in a
game because their "feminine sweetness" was no match for the " rough and tumble" visitors
from nearby city who "used other than lady-like tactics"
Senda Berenson - correct answer ✔✔a physical education instructor at Smith's College, created
the "Smith's rules" for women's basketball .
Smith's rule - correct answer ✔✔Members of six-person teams were restricted to separate
areas on the court, physical contact was forbidden and a player could dribble the ball only once.
Defenders could neither "snatch" the ball from an opponent nor attempt to prevent an
opponent from shooting for a goal. Berenson model gained popularity and stifled the
development of rigourous play and it set the tone for growing movement by leading women's
sports on the campus.
Iowa Girls high school athletic union - correct answer ✔✔public schools in Iowa persisted in
sponsoring the game but, it remained custom until conformity with the now standard five-
person game was imposed by the Iowa Girls High school athletic union amid a firestorm if
controversy in 1993.
