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When the girls came out to play : the birth of American sportswear / Patricia Campbell Warner.

Warner, Patricia Campbell, 1936- (Author).

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ISBN: 1558495495 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN: 9781558495494 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN: 1558495487 (library cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN: 9781558495487 (library cloth : alk. paper)
Physical Description: xxii, 292 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Publisher: Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, c2006.

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Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 249-278) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Factors of change -- Women move out-of-doors : croquet and skating -- Taking up tennis -- Bathing and swimming : seeking a "sensible costume" -- Women enter the Olympics : a sleeker swimsuit -- Bicycling and the bloomer -- Trouser wearing : early influences -- The rise of interest in exercise for women -- Innovation at Wellesley : a uniform for crew -- The debut of the gym suit -- Taking exercise clothes to new places : women biologists at Woods Hole -- The merging of public and private : sportswear and the American style.

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Sport clothes for women > United States > History > 20th century.
Sports for women > United States > History > 20th century.

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