Download or read book The Rise and Fall of the Sportswoman written by Gregory Kent Stanley and published by Peter Lang Incorporated, International Academic Publishers. This book was released on 1996 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Rise and Fall of the Sportswoman examines health and fitness advice for American women in the years 1860-1940. It describes the factors that propelled the sportswoman to the level of a highly visible cultural symbol. Blending together medical, educational, social, and cultural history, it also discusses how this symbol eventually collapsed, all but disappearing from the landscape of American social thought.