This book examines how adolescence, menstruation and pregnancy were experienced or ‘managed’ by active women in Britain between 1930 and 1970, and how their athletic life-styles interacted with their working lives, marriage and motherhood.
Eilidh Macrae is Lecturer in Sport Development at the University of the West of Scotland, UK. She is a social researcher with interests in community sport, and has published work on nineteenth- and twentieth-century sport and gender history.
Chapter 1 - Introduction.- Chapter 2 - Physical Education Experiences.- Chapter 3 - Experiencing Exercise as a Young Woman.- Chapter 4 - Pregnancy, Menstruation and Active Women.- Chapter 5 - Exercise during Marriage and Motherhood.- Chapter 6 - Conclusion.- Appendix I.- Bibliography.
