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Early class of students in a physical education program. In the late nineteenth century, several Texas-based groups (including the Texas Press Women's Association, the Texas Federation of Women's Clubs, the Grange, and the Woman's Christian Temperance Union [8]) began advocating for the creation of a state-supported women's college focused on a practical education, including domestic skills ...
After the state board of education required public schools to offer physical education in 1930, ETSTC's Department of Physical Education began offering majors for both men and women in 1931, and Glenn "Brush" Maloney was named the school's first director of intramural sports that year, although women were not included in the intramural program ...
Women's intercollegiate athletics were organized on a national basis in 1941, the year the first national collegiate championship was held in the sport of golf by the "Division for Girls' and Women's Sports" (DGWS) of the American Association for Health, Physical Education and Recreation.
This Timeline of women's education is an overview of the history of education for women worldwide. It includes key individuals, institutions, law reforms, and events that have contributed to the development and expansion of educational opportunities for women.
Dorothy Sears Ainsworth (March 8, 1894 – December 2, 1976) was an American physical educator. She was director of physical education at Smith College from 1926 to 1960. For her international work, she was referred to as "Physical Education's First Lady of the World."
The Society of Health and Physical Educators, known as SHAPE America, is an American organization that provides support to professionals in health, physical education, recreation and dance.
Social, commercial and scientific developments between 1900 and 1920 led to the increase of physical activities available to American women. Opportunities for women flourished as organized sports began to grow in popularity and physical education programs for girls were introduced in schools. [1]
Women's education in Texas (2 C, 8 P) F. ... Pages in category "History of women in Texas" The following 70 pages are in this category, out of 70 total.