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Elgin's inventions was a clothes wringer, no details are recorded. In 1888, Elgin sold the invention to an agent, for $18. According to Charlotte Smith of The Woman Inventor [notes 1], when questioned why she decided to sell her invention she replied “You know I am black and if it was known that a Negro woman patented the invention, white ladies would not buy the wringer; I was afraid to be ...
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Sportswear or activewear is athletic clothing, including footwear, worn for sports activity or physical exercise. Sport-specific clothing is worn for most sports and physical exercise, for practical, comfort or safety reasons. Typical sport-specific garments include tracksuits, shorts, football or basketball jerseys, t-shirts and polo shirts.
A woman wearing sports bra and boyshorts, which were conventionally women's sportswear, but are now also worn as casual or athleisure by women across North American society. Global shifts toward an awareness in health and rise in fitness trends have led to growing interest and participation in sports among the public.
A selection of home exercise equipment: yoga blocks, yoga mat, dumbbells, pull-up/chin-up bar, push-up handles and gloves. Exercise equipment is any apparatus or device used during physical activity to enhance the strength or conditioning effects of that exercise by providing either fixed or adjustable amounts of resistance, or to otherwise enhance the experience or outcome of an exercise routine.
Pages in category "Exercise equipment" The following 72 pages are in this category, out of 72 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
Those who did participate often faced disapproval. Early women's professional sports leagues during the early part of the 20th century foundered. These women's "sports" were more focused on fitness, beauty, weight and health. Women's sports in the late 1800s focused on correct posture, facial and bodily beauty, muscles, and health. [23]
In the early 1970s commercialized fitness programs continued to be popular. One boasted of results in only three days, through doing just five minutes of ab exercises a day. The before pictures portray a sad, pudgy woman, while the picture of 'after 14 days' pictures her with a very thin waist, toned arms, large bust, and a beaming smile. [24]