The Pedestriennes America S Forgotten Superstars

Author : Harry Hall
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2020-02
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1951797027

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The Pedestriennes by Harry Hall Pdf

Author : Harry Hall (Professional speaker)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2021
Category : Walking (Sports)
ISBN : OCLC:1430288055

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The Pedestriennes by Harry Hall (Professional speaker) Pdf

Author : Rob Hadgraft
Publisher : Book Guild Publishing
Page : 297 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2022-11-28
Category : History
ISBN : 9781915603562

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Pioneers in Bloomers by Rob Hadgraft Pdf

Women’s sport is finally flourishing in Britain. But still largely unrecognised are the pioneering efforts of the Victorian era ‘pedestriennes’ who laid the foundations for modern woman to participate in professional sport.

Author : Haley Shapley
Publisher : Gallery Books
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2020-04-07
Category : History
ISBN : 9781982120856

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Strong Like Her by Haley Shapley Pdf

Beautiful and powerful, Strong Like Her presents the awe-inspiring account of women’s athleticism throughout history. Journalist Haley Shapley takes us through the delightful untold history of female strength to understand how we can better encourage—and celebrate—the physical power of women. Part group biography, part cultural history, Strong Like Her delves into the fascinating stories of our muscular foremothers. From the first female Olympian (who entered the chariot race through a loophole) to the circus stars who could lift their husbands above their heads and make it look like “a little light housework with a feather duster,” these brave and brawny women paved the way for the generations to follow. Filled with Sophy Holland’s beautiful por­traits of some of today’s most awe-inspiring ath­letes, Strong Like Her celebrates strength in all its forms. Illuminating the lives and accomplish­ments of storied female sports stars—whose con­tributions to society go far beyond their entries in record books—Shapley challenges us to rethink everything we thought we knew about the power of women.

Author : M. Ann Hall
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2018-08-21
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780773555334

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Muscle on Wheels by M. Ann Hall Pdf

The majestic high-wheel bicycle, with its spider wheels and rubber tires, emerged in the mid-1870s as the standard bicycle. A common misconception is that, bound by Victorian dress and decorum, women were unable to ride it, only taking up cycling in the 1880s with the advent of the chain-driven safety bicycle. On the contrary, women had been riding and even racing some form of the bicycle since the first vélocipèdes appeared in Europe early in the nineteenth century. Challenging the understanding that bicycling was a purely masculine sport, Muscle on Wheels tells the story of women's high-wheel racing in North America in the 1880s and early 1890s, with a focus on a particular cyclist: Louise Armaindo (1857–1900). Among Canada's first women professional athletes and the first woman who was truly successful as a high-wheel racer, Armaindo began her career as a strongwoman and trapeze artist in Chicago in the 1870s before discovering high-wheel bicycle racing. Initially she competed against men, but as more women took up the sport, she raced them too. Although Armaindo is the star of Muscle on Wheels, the book is also about other women cyclists and the many men – racers, managers, trainers, agents, bookmakers, sport administrators, and editors of influential cycling magazines – who controlled the sport, especially in the United States. The story of working-class Victorian women who earned a living through their athletic talent, Muscle on Wheels showcases an exciting moment in women's and athletic history that is often forgotten or misconstrued.

Author : Roger Robinson
Publisher : Syracuse University Press
Page : 329 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2018-05-17
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9780815654438

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When Running Made History by Roger Robinson Pdf

Robinson takes readers on a globe-trotting tour that combines a historian’s in­sight with vivid personal memories going back to just after World War II. From experiencing the 1948 “Austerity Olympics” in London as a young spectator to working as a journalist in the Boston Marathon media center at the moment of the 2013 bombings, Robinson offers a fascinating first-person account of the tragic and triumphant moments that impacted the world and shaped the modern sport. He chronicles the beginnings of the American running boom, the emergence of women's running, the end of the old amateur rules, and the redefinition of aging for athletes and amateurs. With an intimate perspective and insightful reporting, Robinson captures major historical events through the lens of running. He recounts running in Berlin at the time of German reunification in 1990, organizing a replacement track meet in New Zealand after the disastrous 2011 earthquake, and the tri­umph of Ethiopian athlete Abebe Bikila in the 1960 Olympics in Rome. As an avid runner, journalist, and fan, Robinson brings these global events to life and reveals the intimate and powerful ways in which running has intersected with recent history.

Author : Roger Robinson
Publisher : Meyer & Meyer Sport
Page : 397 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2022-05-01
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781782555162

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Running Throughout Time by Roger Robinson Pdf

Every runner's story is part of a great tradition of running stories. Running Throughout Time tells the best and most important of them. From Atalanta, the heroic woman runner of ancient Greece—when goddesses advised on race tactics—to the new legends of Billy Mills, Joan Benoit Samuelson, and Allison Roe (the modern Atalanta), this book brings the greatest runners back to life. It's the perfect runner's bedside storybook. Colorful, dramatic, alive with human insight and period detail, these stories are also full of new discoveries. Within these pages, you will find the true story of Pheidippides and the Battle of Marathon; you will read text from the world's first newspaper report of a footrace (1719). This book uncovers important evidence of the first road races, the origins of cross-country running, and the earliest marathons, telling the true story of the origins of the marathon and just why racers must run exactly 26 miles, 385 yards (42.2 km). New light is thrown on more modern stories like the first fourminute mile and the troublesome birth of the women's marathon. All runners should read this book to really know whose footsteps they run in and why running is worthy of the effort they give to it.

Author : Robert W. Thurston
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2021-12-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781000520682

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The Body in the Anglosphere, 1880–1920 by Robert W. Thurston Pdf

Focusing on the body in every chapter, this book examines the changing meanings and profound significance of the physical form among the Anglo-Saxons from 1880 to 1920. They formed an imaginary—but, in many ways, quite real—community that ruled much of the world. Among them, racism became more virulent. To probe the importance of the body, this book brings together for the first time the many areas in which the physical form was newly or more extensively featured, from photography through literature, frontier wars, violent sports, and the global circus. Sex, sexuality, concepts of gender including women’s possibilities in all areas of life, and the meanings of race and of civilization figured regularly in Anglo discussions. Black people challenged racism by presenting their own photos of respectable folk. As all this unfolded, Anglo men and women faced the problem of maintaining civilized control vs. the need to express uninhibited feeling. With these issues in mind, it is evident that the origins of today’s debates about race and gender lie in the late nineteenth century.

Author : Harry Hall
Publisher : Reedy Press LLC
Page : 295 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2020-09-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781681062617

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This Used to Be Dallas by Harry Hall Pdf

Each page of This Used to be Dallas will challenge your view of the city around you. Harry Hall uncovers the stories of perseverance, deliverance, tragedy, and past glory behind Dallas buildings that were once something else. It might be a fallen dream, such as the remnants of a waterpark that briefly dazzled locals in the early twentieth century; or a coffin supply company that once advertised services, “Twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week.” There’s the hotel that was built only after the city yielded to the demands of a beer baron and the non-descript Oak Cliff home that once housed America’s greatest female athlete. What might your favorite Dallas buildings house in the future? Each structure has its own background, its own future, its own story. Explore your favorite Dallas spots with a new vision, or discover a surprising past just beyond the familiar walls of the fascinating places throughout the city.

Author : Dick Beardsley,Maureen Anderson
Publisher : U of Minnesota Press
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2004-07-01
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 0816637598

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Staying the Course by Dick Beardsley,Maureen Anderson Pdf

The controversial career of marathon runner Dick Beardsley is featured in this look inside the head of a distance runner as it describes his difficult life, what life is like as a celebrated athlete, and many struggles to overcome obtacles ranging from an

Author : Edward S. Sears
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2015-06-08
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781476620862

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Running Through the Ages, 2d ed. by Edward S. Sears Pdf

Beginning with prehumans running down prey, this book describes how ancient, medieval and modern runners have come to run ever faster. Writers of antiquity left few detailed accounts of running but in the early 1800s detailed accounts of running feats and matches appeared in newspapers, journals and books. Nineteenth century pioneers like George Seward, Harry Hutchens, Walter George and Bernie Wefers are here given long-deserved recognition. The six-day Go-as-You-Please races of the 1870s and 1880s—featuring running’s first great female performer, Amy Howard—are discussed. Twentieth century luminaries Helen Stephens, Jesse Owens, Paavo Nurmi, Emil Zatopek, Bob Hayes, Abebe Bikila and Joan Benoit-Samuelson are included, along with the Bunion Derby races of 1928–1929. New material for this revised and expanded second edition includes coverage of the 1970s running boom, women marathon pioneers, the impact of drugs on running, and the feats of 21st century runners such as Usain Bolt, Paula Radcliffe and Haile Gebrselassie.

Author : Matthew Algeo
Publisher : Chicago Review Press
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2014-04-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781613744000

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Pedestrianism by Matthew Algeo Pdf

Strange as it sounds, during the 1870s and 1880s, America’s most popular spectator sport wasn’t baseball, football, or horseracing—it was competitive walking. Inside sold-out arenas, competitors walked around dirt tracks almost nonstop for six straight days (never on Sunday), risking their health and sanity to see who could walk the farthest—more than 500 miles. These walking matches were as talked about as the weather, the details reported in newspapers and telegraphed to fans from coast to coast. This long-forgotten sport, known as pedestrianism, spawned America’s first celebrity athletes and opened doors for immigrants, African Americans, and women. But along with the excitement came the inevitable scandals, charges of doping and insider gambling, and even a riot in 1879. Pedestrianism chronicles competitive walking’s peculiar appeal and popularity, its rapid demise, and its enduring influence.

Author : Kara Douglass Thom
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : PSU:000046660145

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Becoming an Ironman by Kara Douglass Thom Pdf

An inspirational, unforgettable, informative collection of personal stories about the experience of competing in one's first ironman-distance triathlon. This is the ultimate test of endurance: a 2.4-mile swim, a 112-mile bike ride, and a 26.2-mile run, all raced end-to-end in one grueling day -- and these stories tell it straight: what to expect, how to prepare, what was rewarding, what was miserable, how 140.6 miles will change your life.

Author : P. S. Marshall
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 768 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1434334678

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King of the Peds by P. S. Marshall Pdf

Did you know that in the late 1800's athletes walked up to 100 miles per day for 6 days?! Famous sporting personalities have been around for a long time. However, few will be aware that during the 1870's and 1880's, professional pedestrians or "peds" as they were fondly referred to, competed against each other in gruelling races for up to six days - and nights - on indoor sawdust tracks, getting just a few hours rest per day in makeshift huts beside the track, literally "eating on the trot" and undergoing tremendous hardships, all in the name of sport This book provides a fascinating insight into this hugely popular 19th century sport where massive amounts of prize money, a share of the gate receipts, and dazzling ornamental gold belts, were offered to successful athletes by ruthless promoters who made lucrative livings from the thousands of people who flocked to see them perform. You will journey into a world where men competed in appalling conditions, but exhibited unbelievable courage. This is a world which attracted the likes of to take each other on in front of thousands of screaming fans. This is a world which could provide incredible riches, but at a terrible price for those willing to push themselves to the limits of physical endurance. This is a world influenced by money and suffering; a world which had to end because its limits had been reached. After considering all the evidence, I invite you the reader to decide who deserves to be crowned King of the Peds

Author : Debra A Shattuck
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2017-01-18
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9780252098796

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Bloomer Girls by Debra A Shattuck Pdf

Disapproving scolds. Sexist condescension. Odd theories about the effect of exercise on reproductive organs. Though baseball began as a gender-neutral sport, girls and women of the nineteenth century faced many obstacles on their way to the diamond. Yet all-female nines took the field everywhere. Debra A. Shattuck pulls from newspaper accounts and hard-to-find club archives to reconstruct a forgotten era in baseball history. Her fascinating social history tracks women players who organized baseball clubs for their own enjoyment and found roster spots on men's teams. Entrepreneurs, meanwhile, packaged women's teams as entertainment, organizing leagues and barnstorming tours. If the women faced financial exploitation and indignities like playing against men in women's clothing, they and countless ballplayers like them nonetheless staked a claim to the nascent national pastime. Shattuck explores how the determination to take their turn at bat thrust female players into narratives of the women's rights movement and transformed perceptions of women's physical and mental capacity.