HI299 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Royal Montreal Golf Club, Toronto Golf Club, Amelia Bloomer
Document Summary
Sports history: engendered sporting spaces in north america. Women slowly began to participate in sports towards the end of the 19th century: tobogganing, skating, swimming, croquet, golf, equestrianism. Designed to keep women on their feet. Mid 1880s, safer and more comfortable bicycles. Women of wealthy means find increased social life, exercise, and independence: dignity. Knickerbocker club in t. o: by 1895, there were about 10,000 wheel man and wheel women in t. o. Bloomers: named after american writer and women"s rights activist amelia bloomer who wore form pants or a split skirt to defy tradition and deal with muddy streets. Medical criticism: injurious to the rider , pelvic mischief . Lucy hall (american physician: any women who is physically able to walk is capable of riding a bicycle . Racial views: some believed race would be improved by fostering the health of mothers. Only for the rich: exercise among the poor would lead to social unrest.
