1st Edition

Women's Body (ES 5-vol. set)

Edited By Setsuko Kagawa Copyright 2012
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PRODUCT DESCRIPTION A collection of facsimile reprints of early books and pamphlets on women’s physical education and related subjects of health and sports published in the nineteenth- to early twentieth-century Britain. The collection totals eighteen items, including: exercise books; school textbooks; surveys and research on the health of female students, as well as handbooks of... Read more

Vol. 1 (c.500 pp): Changing Attitude toward the Physical Health of Women

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Preface by Setsuko Kagawa

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Walker, Donald

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Exercises for Ladies; calculated to Preserve and Improve Beauty and to Prevent and Correct Personal Defects, inseparable from Constrained or Careless Habits: Founded on Physiological Principles

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London: Thomas Hurst, 1836, 228pp

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Hamilton, Gustave

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The Elements of Gymnastics for Boys and of the Calisthenics for Young Ladies

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London: A. K. Newman, 1840 (new ed.), 72pp

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Wahl, Anne de

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Practical Hints of the Moral, Mental and Physical Training of Girls at School

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London: John W. Parker, 1847, 195pp

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Vol. 2 (c.415pp): Healthful Exercises for Women

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Madam Brenner Gymnastics for Ladies: A Treatise on the Science and Art of Calisthenics and Gymnastic Exercises

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London: Published by Mme Brenner at her Gymnasium, 1870, 82pp

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Alexander, A.

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Healthful Exercises for Girls

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London: George Philip & Son, 1896 (5th ed. Revised), 177pp

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Ely, C. M.

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Physical Education: Ling's Swedish Drill adapted for Use of Schools

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London: Miss C.M. Ely, 1896, 54pp

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James, Alice, R.

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Girls' Physical Training: being a Series of Healthy and Artistic Movements to Music

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London: Macmillan, 1898, 102pp

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Vol. 3 (c.580pp): Physical Training from the Medical Point of View

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Blackwell, Elizabeth, M.D.

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Laws of Life, with Special Reference to the Physical Education of Girls

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New York, George P. Putnam, 1852, 180pp (published in London, Sampson Low, 1859)

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Galbraith, Anna M., M.D.

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Personal Hygiene and Physical Training for Women

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Philadelphia & London: W. Saunders, 1916, 393pp

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Vol. 4 (c.430pp): Health Statistics of Women Students and the Popularity of Cycling among Women

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Howes, Annie Health Statistics of Women College Graduates: Report of a Special Committee of the Association of Collegiate Alumnae

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Boston: Wright & Potter, 1885, 76pp

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Sidgwick, Eleanor

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Health Statistics of Women Students of Cambridge and Oxford and Their Sisters

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Cambridge: University Press, 1890, 100pp

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Erskine, Fanny. J.

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Bicycling for Ladies

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London: ILIffe & Sons, 1896, 85pp

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Davidson, Lillias Campbell

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Handbook for Lady Cyclists

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London: Hay Nisbet Co., 1896, 125pp

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Dove, Jane Frances

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Cultivation of the Body, Section III of Work and Play in Girls' Schools

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London: Longman's Green & Co., 1901, 30pp

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Vol. 5 (c.555pp): Modern Sports and Games for Women

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Thompson, Edith Hockey as a Game for Women

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London: Edward Arnold, 1905 (2nd ed.), 87pp

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Chamber, Dorothea Katherine Lambert

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Lawn Tennis for Ladies

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London: Methuen & Co., 1910, 135pp

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Leitch, Cecil

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Golf for Girls

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London: George Newnes, 1911 (3rd revised ed.), 92pp

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Thomas, C. E. (ed.)

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Athletic Training for Girls

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London, Pitman & Sons, 1912, 230pp

Biography

Setsuko Kagawa