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The Relay Runners Who Joined the Resistance:1930s-...
Posted by Marco Giani | Feb 25, 2021 | Archival Research, Athletics, Gender and Sport, Olympics, Società Italiana di Storia dello Sport [SISS] | 0
THE FORGOTTEN FIRST LADY:Rediscovering Violet Pier...
Posted by Peter Lovesey | Jan 11, 2021 | Athletics, Gender and Sport, Olympics | 0
THE FORGOTTEN FIRST LADY:Rediscovering Violet Pier...
Posted by Peter Lovesey | Jan 4, 2021 | Articles, Athletics, Gender and Sport, Olympics | 0
The Relay Runners Who Joined the Resistance:
1930s-1940s Italian athletes
Lydia Bongiovanni and Elda Franco
Part 2
by Marco Giani | Mar 4, 2021 | Archival Research, Athletics, Gender and Sport, Olympics, Società Italiana di Storia dello Sport [SISS] | 0
The author would like to express thanks to Levio Bottazzi and Maura Quiriconi for having shared...
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1930s-1940s Italian Athletes Lydia Bongiovanni and Elda Franco
Part 1
by Marco Giani | Feb 25, 2021 | Archival Research, Athletics, Gender and Sport, Olympics, Società Italiana di Storia dello Sport [SISS] | 0
FThe author would like to express thanks to Levio Bottazzi and Maura Quiriconi for having shared...
Read MoreThe Italian Job:
The role of Italian sportswomen in 1933 Turin International University Games
by Marco Giani | Feb 8, 2021 | Athletics, Fencing, Gender and Sport, Olympics, Società Italiana di Storia dello Sport [SISS], Swimming & Diving, Team Sports | 0
The 1933 edition of the International University Games (IUG) was held in Turin, from 1 to 10...
Read MoreTHE 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...
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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...
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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...
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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,...
Read MoreTHE 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...
Read MoreA Short History of the Barclay Match:
Long-Distance Pedestrianism in the Nineteenth Century
by Derek Martin | Dec 3, 2020 | Athletics, Playing Pasts Publications, Sporting Cultures: Global Perspectives edited Volume 2019 | 0
Please cite this article as: Martin, D. A Short History of the Barclay Match: Long-Distance...
Read MoreAthletics in the Late Nineteenth Century and the Conflict between the North and the South
by Liam Dyer | Nov 19, 2020 | Archival Research, Athletics, Playing Pasts Publications, Sporting Cultures: Global Perspectives edited Volume 2019 | 1
Please cite this article as: Liam, D. Athletics in the Late Nineteenth Century and the Conflict...
Read MoreMartha Jacob
First Female Foreign Coach in the UK
The Odyssey of an Uprooted Athlete and Physical Education Teacher through Europe.
by Lisa Jenkel | Oct 5, 2020 | Athletics, Gender and Sport, Student Zone | 1
To read the earlier articles in this series by Lisa please click on the links below Part 1 –...
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The ‘Bitter Awakening from the Wonderful Dream’ of Attending the Olympic Games
by Lisa Jenkel | Sep 28, 2020 | Archival Research, Athletics, Gender and Sport, Olympics, Sport & Politics, Student Zone | 0
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