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Todd (kinesiology and health education, U. of Texas, Austin) discusses the diverse spectrum of women's exercise in the antebellum era-- especially exercise systems related to an ideal of womanhood--and the ways that purposive training influenced American women physically, intellectually, and emotionally. She also considers the contributions of several physical education figures: Sarah Pierce, Mary Lyon, William Bentley Fowle, Catherine Beecher, David P. Butler, Dio Lewis, and the phrenologist Orson S. Fowler. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR.

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Physical Culture and the Body Beautiful
  • Author : Jan Todd
  • Release : 02 June 1998
  • Publisher : Mercer University Press
  • ISBN : 0865545618
  • Genre : Health & Fitness
  • Total Page : 398 pages
  • Language : English
  • PDF File Size : 16,5 Mb

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