| WOMEN'S SPORT HISTORY
The Women's Olympic Games of the
20's and 30's
The Women's Olympic Games have long been forgotten, but during
the 1920s and 1930s they were an important, international
focal point for feminist efforts to improve women's sporting
opportunities...More
Velma Springstead
She died before she was 20 but her name is still prominent
for Canadian sportswoman. In 1932, Alexandrine Gibb and the
WAAF named the trophy to annually honour the best Canadian
female athlete after Springstead, linking her with the highest
levels of athletic achievement ever since...More
Women Adventurers
In 1926, Dora and her friend, Frances "Frankie"
Routledge, walked to the nearby CCM factory in Weston (just
outside of Toronto), bought themselves new bicycles with the
money they had earned as secretaries, and set out for Vancouver...More
The Women's Amateur Athletic Federation
(WAAF)
From today's perspective, WAAF may seem staid and conservative;
they favoured elegant hats and rarely raised their voice in
public. But theirs was a remarkable accomplishment. ...More
Forgotten Foremother: Alexandrine
Gibb
Few Canadian women have advanced the cause of girls and women
in sport more than Alexandrine Gibb...More
Pioneers of Baseball Inducted Into
the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame
17 Canadian members of the All American Girls Professional
Baseball League are inducted into the Canadian Baseball Hall
of Fame ...More
Missing: Women from Sports Hall
of Fame
There are only 48 women (13 per cent) among the 377 athletes
and builders celebrated in Canada's Sports Hall of Fame, and
only 56 women (21 per cent) among the 247 recognized in the
Canadian Olympic Hall of Fame....More
Lucile Wheeler: Canada's First
Olympic Downhill Medallist
" Work to reach a goal, but also be prepared to live
other great and fulfilling things ... the top is small and
hard to reach; there’s only space for a few, and this
can be very frustrating."...More
Committed, Dedicated Pioneer Made A
Difference
Throughout the early decades of this century, Mary G. Hamilton
dedicated her life to the development of physical education,
recreation, and camping for girls and women...More
The Mystery Of Dorothy Prior
Dorothy Prior was the first Canadian woman to swim at the
Olympic Games. When she died, the staff at a Toronto hospital
felt it was important to preserve her beloved scrapbook...More
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