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When the Girls Came Out to Play: The Birth of American Sportswear

Author: Patricia Campbell Warner

Contents

When the Girls Came Out to Play: The Birth of American Sportswear [full book]

Cover, Contents, Illustrations, and Preface

Part One: The Influence of Fashion. Introduction: Public Clothing for Outdoor Play. Chapter 1, Factors of Change.

Part One: The Influence of Fashion. Chapter 2, Women Move Out-of-Doors: Croquet and Skating

Part One: The Influence of Fashion. Chapter 3, Taking Up Tennis

Part One: The Influence of Fashion. Chapter 4, Bathing and Swimming: Seeking a "Sensible Costume"

Part One: The Influence of Fashion. Chapter 5, Women Enter the Olympics: A Sleeker Swimsuit

Part One: The Influence of Fashion. Chapter 6, Bicycling and the Bloomer

Part Two: The Influence of Education. Introduction: Private Clothing for Physical Education. Chapter 7, Trouser Wearing: Early Influences.

Part Two: The Influence of Education. Chapter 8, The Rise of Interest in Excercise for Women

Part Two: The Influence of Education. Chapter 9, Innovation at Wellesley: A Uniform for Crew.

Part Two: The Influence of Education. Chapter 10, The Debut of the Gym Suit.

Part Two: The Influence of Education. Chapter 11, Taking Excercise Clothes to New Places: Women Biologists at Woods Hole.

Part Two: The Influence of Education. Chapter 12, The Merging of Public and Private: Sportswear and the American Style.

When the Girls Came Out to Play: The Birth of American Sportswear