{"product_id":"modern-women-and-sports-in-interwar-chicago-1918-1941-hardback-9780815604808","title":"Modern Women and Sports in Interwar Chicago; 1918-1941 (Hardback) 9780815604808","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eModern Women and Sports in Interwar Chicago\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003e1918-1941\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eRobert Pruter (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780815604808\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 17 January 2025\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e277 pages, 32 black and white\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.6 cm, 0.754 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eModern Women and Sports in Interwar Chicago: 1918-1941 \u003c\/i\u003econtains a remarkable amount of intriguing information about women's athletics in Chicago during an important and often-overlooked period of women's sports history.\" - Rita Liberti, author of \u003cem\u003e(Re)presenting Wilma Rudolph\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eModern Women and Sports in Interwar Chicago\u003c\/i\u003e sheds light for the very first time, on a number of female athletes whose athletic achievements have, up until this writing, been lost to history. . . . Chicago, at the early decades of the twentieth century offers rich potential to understand subjective spaces around race, gender, ethnicity, class, and sexuality amid the many tensions and issues connected to modernity.\" - Pamela Grundy, historian and author of \u003cem\u003eShattering the Glass: The Remarkable History of Women's Basketball\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eBetween World War I and World War II, women flocked to Chicago’s parks, playgrounds, and clubs, becoming enthusiastic participants, players, and fans of the games of the time. Robert Pruter’s \u003ci\u003eModern Women and Sports in Interwar Chicago; 1918–1941, \u003c\/i\u003eexamines how the Windy City became home to advancements in women’s track and field, swimming, basketball, golf, speed skating, and softball. As a work of sport and urban history, Pruter’s text situates the vibrant world of women’s athletics within the context of interwar Chicago’s new infrastructure and support from its religious and cultural institutions, newspapers, and industrial and retail firms. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWoven into this historical analysis are biographies of individual athletes, including Edith Cummings, the 1920s golf star who inspired F. Scott Fitzgerald, and Tidye Pickett, the first African American woman to compete in the Olympic Games. \u003cem\u003eModern Women and Sports in Interwar Chicago\u003c\/em\u003e provides a detailed look at developments in the city, the rise of women’s sporting culture, and the lives and social contexts of the athletes who navigated gender norms while embracing more inclusive recreation and competition.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Syracuse University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52570002653464,"sku":"9780815604808","price":31.57,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/modern-women-and-sports-in-interwar-chicago-1918-1941-hardback-9780815604808","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}