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©Thompson Educational Publishing, Inc All material is copyright protected. It is illegal to copy any of this material. This material may be used only in a course of study in which Exercise Science: An Introduction to Health and Physical Education (Temertzoglou/Challen) is the required textbook. A Historical Overview  In late 19 th century women had to fight “feminine” ideals to participate in certain sports  Told that physical activity would be “harmful”  Inhibit ability to bear children  Physical education was not widely available to women  Dorothy Beale first crusader for female education  Mary G. Hamilton brought physical education to girls

©Thompson Educational Publishing, Inc All material is copyright protected. It is illegal to copy any of this material. This material may be used only in a course of study in which Exercise Science: An Introduction to Health and Physical Education (Temertzoglou/Challen) is the required textbook. Women’s Amateur Athletic Federation  First national body where Canadian women could address sport issues and gain needed support  Encouraged women to participate in sports  Had more members than its male counterpart, the Amateur Athletic Union before outbreak of WWII  Merged with the Amateur Athletic Union after 37 years

©Thompson Educational Publishing, Inc All material is copyright protected. It is illegal to copy any of this material. This material may be used only in a course of study in which Exercise Science: An Introduction to Health and Physical Education (Temertzoglou/Challen) is the required textbook. Pioneering Canadian Sportswomen  Alexandrine Gibb  Helped start Women’s Amatuer Athletic Federation (WAAF)  Served as first president to the WAAF  Fanny Rosenfeld  Named Canadian Woman Athlete for the Half-Century in 1949  Abby Hoffman  Former Olympic runner  First woman director of Sport Canada and first woman elected to Executive of Canadian Olympic Association

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©Thompson Educational Publishing, Inc All material is copyright protected. It is illegal to copy any of this material. This material may be used only in a course of study in which Exercise Science: An Introduction to Health and Physical Education (Temertzoglou/Challen) is the required textbook. Women in Sport Today – cont’d  Team Canada Hockey  Won gold at every Women’s World Hockey Championships  Won silver at Winter Olympics in 1998  Won gold at Winter Olympics in 2002  Success led Canadian Hockey Association to create National Women’s Under 22 Team in 1999  Women’s Under 19 National Soccer Team  Played in final game of first Under-19 World Champioships in 2002  Alison Sydor  Won silver medal in mountain biking in Summer Olympics in 1996

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