Category: Gender and Sport
The Relay Runners Who Joined the Resistance:
1930s-1940s Italian Athletes Lydia Bongiovanni and Elda Franco
Part 1
FThe author would like to express thanks to Levio Bottazzi and Maura Quiriconi for having shared...
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1971 Women’s World Cup:
Interviews with Players
Carol Wilson
Captain of the Squad
Playing Pasts is delighted to present the latest in the series of 1971 Women’s World cup...
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Women’s Football in Interwar Scotland:
Sadie Smith and the Legendary Rutherglen Ladies FC
Part 2
Introduction In part one of our article [which can be read HERE] we explored the developments of...
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Courting Controversy:
How Tennis Activism has Responded to the Margaret Court Arena in Australia and Her Homophobic Comments:
How Social Media Often Fails
Margaret Court’s 24 Grand Slam tennis titles still stands as a record. Her title wins came over...
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Women’s Football in Interwar Scotland:
Sadie Smith and the Legendary Rutherglen Ladies FC
Part 1
Rutherglen Ladies FC, Mr James H Kelly & Sadie Smith Women’s football in Scotland has a...
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The Italian Job:
The role of Italian sportswomen in 1933 Turin International University Games
The 1933 edition of the International University Games (IUG) was held in Turin, from 1 to 10...
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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
All images are taken from Archivio personale Giovanna Boccalini Barcellona (except where noted),...
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League hockey, not for us, insist the Hockey Association
In 2017 I wrote an article for “Playing Pasts” entitled “Women’s Hockey and the Introduction of...
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THE FORGOTTEN FIRST LADY:
Rediscovering Violet Piercy, Marathon Pioneer
Part 3
To read Part 1 of this series click HERE and Part 2 HERE The Running Career Revived Violet...
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A Brief History of Mixed Hockey before WWII:
The ‘Mixers’ Have Hockey’s Rulers All Mixed Up
Men and women who played hockey together were dubbed “the mixers” by one newspaper and mixed...
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THE FORGOTTEN FIRST LADY:
Rediscovering Violet Piercy, Marathon Pioneer
Part 2
To read the first part of this series click HERE Who was Violet Piercy? Helpfully Piercy’s...
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“And then we were Boycotted”
New Discoveries about the Birth of Women’s Football in Italy [1933]
Part 10
The author would like to express thanks to: Luigi and Francesco Ferrari, Rosa Mottino, Francesco...
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