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Flipping through Grazia’s Photo Albums:
Flashbacks from the Career of a 1940s-1950s Italian Figure Ice Skating Champion
Part 5

by Marco Giani | Jan 18, 2021 | Archival Research, Football, Gender and Sport, Società Italiana di Storia dello Sport [SISS], Team Sports, Winter Sports | 0

All images are taken from Archivio personale Giovanna Boccalini Barcellona (except where noted),...

League hockey, not for us, insist the Hockey Association

by Mark Evans | Jan 14, 2021 | Archival Research, Gender and Sport, Hockey | 2

In 2017 I wrote an article for “Playing Pasts” entitled “Women’s Hockey and the Introduction of...

THE FORGOTTEN FIRST LADY:
Rediscovering Violet Piercy, Marathon Pioneer
Part 3

by Peter Lovesey | Jan 11, 2021 | Athletics, Gender and Sport, Olympics | 0

To read Part 1 of this series click HERE and Part 2 HERE The Running Career Revived Violet...

A Brief History of Mixed Hockey before WWII:
The ‘Mixers’ Have Hockey’s Rulers All Mixed Up

by James Ormandy | Jan 7, 2021 | Gender and Sport, Hockey, Team Sports | 1

Men and women who played hockey together were dubbed “the mixers” by one newspaper and mixed...

THE FORGOTTEN FIRST LADY:
Rediscovering Violet Piercy, Marathon Pioneer
Part 2

by Peter Lovesey | Jan 4, 2021 | Articles, Athletics, Gender and Sport, Olympics | 0

To read the first part of this series click HERE Who was Violet Piercy? Helpfully Piercy’s...

“And then we were Boycotted”
New Discoveries about the Birth of Women’s Football in Italy [1933]
Part 10

by Marco Giani | Jan 3, 2021 | Archival Research, Athletics, Basketball, Focus on Fodens: History of Women's Football, Football, Gender and Sport, Società Italiana di Storia dello Sport [SISS], Team Sports | 0

The author would like to express thanks to: Luigi and Francesco Ferrari, Rosa Mottino, Francesco...

A Different Breed?
Animal History for the Sporting Historian

by Conor Heffernan | Jan 2, 2021 | Physical Culture, Playing Pasts Publications, Sport & Leisure History, Sport & Politics, Sporting Cultures: Global Perspectives edited Volume 2019, Theatre and the Arts, Wrestling | 0

Please cite this article as: Heffernam, C. A Different Breed? Animal History for the Sporting...

“And then we were Boycotted”
New Discoveries about the Birth of Women’s Football in Italy [1933]
Part 9

by Marco Giani | Dec 31, 2020 | Archival Research, Athletics, Football, Gender and Sport, Società Italiana di Storia dello Sport [SISS], Sport & Politics, Team Sports | 0

The author would like to express thanks to: Luigi and Francesco Ferrari, Marco and Silvia Bonitta,...

THE FORGOTTEN FIRST LADY:
Rediscovering Violet Piercy, Marathon Pioneer
Part 1

by Peter Lovesey | Dec 28, 2020 | Athletics, Gender and Sport, Olympics | 0

Introduction The story of a British woman called Violet Piercy running a marathon in 1926 has been...

1971 Women’s World Cup:
Interviews with Players:
Part 3

by Ella Williams | Dec 26, 2020 | Focus on Fodens: History of Women's Football, Football, Gender and Sport, Podcasts, Team Sports | 0

Welcome to Episode 3! To listen to Episode 1 click HERE and Episode 2 HERE In this episode...

#NSM2020 – The Negotiation Years

by Heather Roberts | Dec 21, 2020 | Archival Research, Theatre and the Arts | 0

To read Part 1 of this series please click HERE , Part 2 Click HERE , Part 3 HERE and Part 4 HERE...

1971 Women’s World Cup:
Interviews with Players:
Part 2

by Ella Williams | Dec 19, 2020 | Focus on Fodens: History of Women's Football, Football, Gender and Sport, Podcasts, Team Sports | 0

Welcome to Episode 2! To listen to Episode 1 click HERE In this episode we’re chatting about...

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Category: Articles

Flipping through Grazia’s Photo Albums: Flashbacks...

League hockey, not for us, insist the Hockey Assoc...

THE FORGOTTEN FIRST LADY:Rediscovering Violet Pier...

A Brief History of Mixed Hockey before WWII:The ‘M...