- Paperback: 163 pages
- Publisher: ZeNaNa Press (10 Jan 2000)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0953764508
- ISBN-13: 978-0953764501
- Product Dimensions: 23.6 x 18 x 1.2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,434,017 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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The Olympian, June 2000
'A Proper Spectacle' - a well researched and illustrated book containing many historical facts. It makes fascinating and compulsive reading.'
Journal of Olympic History, May 2000
An invaluable contribution to our knowledge, fascinating and revealing - an excellent pioneering work.'
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I ordered this book for a dissitation for my masters degree and it was souseful. It is very easy to read and contains many invaluable facts. Aforeward by Paula Radcliffe is a pretty good starting point!
What I really enjoyed about the book was the fact that it didn't feel likean 'effort' to find the information I needed. I found myself reading everypage to discover what each olympian had been through.
The photos were astounding and it really added impact to textualcontent.
An absorbing read that I would recommend not only for research purposes,but also for interest. Our women olympians today, don't know how luckythey are!
You may also want to check out the web site which is equally as good andeven has some audio clips of some of the women talking!http://www.olympicwomen.co.uk
What I really enjoyed about the book was the fact that it didn't feel likean 'effort' to find the information I needed. I found myself reading everypage to discover what each olympian had been through.
The photos were astounding and it really added impact to textualcontent.
An absorbing read that I would recommend not only for research purposes,but also for interest. Our women olympians today, don't know how luckythey are!
You may also want to check out the web site which is equally as good andeven has some audio clips of some of the women talking!http://www.olympicwomen.co.uk
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When the lady athletes knitted their own shorts
24 May 2004
Format:Paperback
Women have had a tough time of it at the Olympics. There were actually women competitors at the second Modern Olympic Games in Paris in 1900, but women were not allowed into the athletics events - which have always been the mainstay of the programme - until 1928, and only then on a very limited scale. It was not until 1972 that the 1500 metres was recognised, and the marathon was not held until 1984 !
Added to all this, and despite there being a massive catalogue of books about the history of the Olympic movement,there has been very little written in detail about the experiences of women competitors at the Games. So this marvellous collection of first-hand reminiscences compiled by Stephanie Daniels and Anita Tedder is specially welcome. They have sought out more than 30 women Olympians from 10 different countries and dcumented their impressions. This is fascinating stuff - and all the more valuable because some of the ladies interviewed have since died and their revelations would otherwise have perhaps survived only in the fading memories of family and friends.
The 1928 Games in Amsterdam provide the most vivid stories, and it was a Dutch athlete named Wilhelmina Duchateau who told the tale of knitting her own orange woollen shorts. She cheerfully recalled for the authors 70 years later that "old gents said how outrageous it was - a womean in shorts !"
For anyone interested in an era of athletics which was far different from the present commercialised age this book makes fascinating reading.
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