From Weak Woman to New Woman and Back: The Long Struggle to Legitimize Women Athletes in the U.S.

Author(s)

Rashaun DeBord, Augustana College, Rock Island IllinoisFollow

Course

HIST-481/482 SI: Research Tutorial

Document Type

Student Paper

Publication Date

2017

Disciplines

American Popular Culture | History of Gender | Other Film and Media Studies | Social History | United States History | Women's History | Women's Studies

Description, Abstract, or Artist's Statement

This paper details the complicated history of women in sport by looking at the changing popular image of women athletes from the late 19th century to today.

Comments

1st Place Winner, Long Analytical Essay, 2017

Augustana Digital Commons Citation

DeBord, Rashaun. "From Weak Woman to New Woman and Back: The Long Struggle to Legitimize Women Athletes in the U.S." (2017). Audre Lorde Writing Prize.
https://digitalcommons.augustana.edu/wollstonecraftaward/20

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