Women in sports: an informal history

Duration: 28

Year Published: 1976

Creator: Altana Films

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Description: Surveys women's participation in sports from the classical period to the present, discusses prejudice against the physically active woman, the growing awareness of woman's rights as sports participant, and the new enthusiasm of women for sport. , Documents women's increasing participation in sports from earliest times to 1976. Shows prejudices and myths about women's strength and endurance being overcome.

Complete Record: Surveys women's participation in sports from the classical period to the present, discusses prejudice against the physically active woman, the growing awareness of woman's rights as sports participant, and the new enthusiasm of women for sport. , Documents women's increasing participation in sports from earliest times to 1976. Shows prejudices and myths about women's strength and endurance being overcome.NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.