APA 2302 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Ballroom Dance, Ethel Catherwood, Pierre De Coubertin
4 Apr 2016
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Pierre de couberin said on several occasions that the olympics were no place for women. He felt that: rather than seek records for herself, a woman"s greatest achievement was to encourage her sons to excel. (based on maternalism) Women peiioned to compete in the olympic. Three events were available for women at the 1900 olympics: golf, tennis and yaching. Canadian women"s squad shatered gender myths at the 1928. They consisted of: bobbie rosenfeld (considered best athlete, excelled at every sport), myrtle cook, ethel smith, They would amass the most points for the canadian olympic team and enable. Team canada to inish 4th among 45 naions, its best showing to that point. Myrtle cook got disqualiied for 2 false starts in her race. Track events were not a place for women (couberin) Some people sill wanted to get rid of the women, Not seen as viable compeitors, except for few coaches/trainers who took noice of them and trained them.
