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Ainsworth was especially active in international work on women's physical education. [1] [10] In 1949, she chaired the first International Congress on Physical Education and Sports for Girls and Women, held in Copenhagen, which led to the founding of the International Association of Physical Education and Sport for Girls and Women (IAPESGW). [11]
Xylograph of Martina Bergman-Österberg published in Idun in 1890.. Martina Sofia Helena Bergman-Österberg (née Bergman; 7 October 1849 – 29 July 1915) [1] was a Swedish-born physical education instructor and women's suffrage advocate who spent most of her working life in Britain.
Opportunities for women flourished as organized sports began to grow in popularity and physical education programs for girls were introduced in schools. [1] One sport that was introduced in America at the turn of the century was basketball which quickly swept over schools and playgrounds across the nation.
Abigail Shaw Mayhew (June 11, 1864 – November 2, 1954) was an American educator, the first director of physical education for women at the University of Wisconsin.She was first director of the YWCA's Normal School of Physical Education and Hygiene in Shanghai, when it opened in 1915.
Maryrose Reeves Allen (November 5, 1899 – January 14, 1992) was an American college professor and administrator. She was a physical education professor at Howard University from 1925 to 1967, and founded the Negro Women's Intercollegiate Athletic Association, to encourage and elevate women's sports at historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs).
A history and philosophy of sport and physical education: from ancient civilizations to the modern world (McGraw-Hill, 2014) Tsai, Chiung-Tzu Lucetta, and Lijun Zhou. "The history of sports and physical education in China." World leisure journal 59.4 (2017): 326-337. Wagner, Eric A. Sport in Asia and Africa: A Comparative Handbook (Greenwood ...
The name was changed in 1903, to the American Physical Education Association (APEA). And in 1917, it created one of its most influential groups, the Committee on Women's Athletics. [2] [3] The APEA joined forces, becoming part of the NEA's Department of School Health and Physical Education in 1937, [4] and then forming the Division of ...
Amy Morris Homans (November 15, 1848 – October 29, 1933) was an American physical educator. She was the director of the Boston Normal School of Gymnastics, from its founding in 1889, through its reorganization as the Department of Hygiene and Physical Education at Wellesley College, until she retired in 1918.