[PDF.14yj] Fighting the Current: The Rise of American Women's Swimming, 1870-1926

Fighting the Current: The Rise of American Women's Swimming, 1870-1926

[PDF.cy37] Fighting the Current: The Rise of American Women's Swimming, 1870-1926

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 | #2673713 in Books |  2011-08-12 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  8.90 x.60 x6.00l,.70 | File type: PDF | 220 pages

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||1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.| Seminal and Groundbreaking work|By Mystery Fan|Ms. Bier has created a seminal and groundbreaking work in Fighting the Current. Previous historians, notably David Barney and Linda Borish, have delineated how Charlotte Epstein and Louis deBreda Handley had through their founding of the Women's Swim Association in New York in 1917 served as the launching pad by which American wome| |"uncovers the forgotten history of women's swimming, from the earliest racing competitions in the 1870s to Gertrude Ederle's successful English Channel swim in 1926...Bier's excellent narrative covers an important gap in the history of

In 1926, Gertrude Ederle became the first female to swim the English Channel--and broke the existing record time in doing so. Although today she is considered a pioneer in women's swimming, women were swimming competitively 50 years earlier. This historical book details the early period of women's competitive swimming in the United States, from its beginnings in the nineteenth century through Ederle's astonishing accomplishment. Women and girls faced many obstacles to sa...

You easily download any file type for your gadget.Fighting the Current: The Rise of American Women's Swimming, 1870-1926   |  Lisa Bier. I really enjoyed this book and have already told so many people about it!

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