Chapter 6 Flashcards
many of our current sports come from late 19th century what?
Britain, played by “gentleman amateurs”
what paved the way for limited women’s physical activity
social darwinism and nationalism
victorians used what to justify cultural differences between women and men
biological explanations
sport was modernized through
written rules regulated spaces and times organized competitions international diffusion creation of national teams/ international governing bodies
canadian sport history
European explorers “discover” the new world and native north American in the 15-16 centuries
games were prevalent in indigenous communities
more interested in survival skills besides baggataway
the early years
slow development during 17-18th century due to church and war influences
industrial revolution- increased leisure time and engagement in sport and games
cricket largely privileged to upper class
women’s sport, graceful athleticism
begun prodominantly in 1880’s
light exercise and concentrated on making women both strong and graceful
goal: protecting women, based on the assumption that they were weak, fragile
1890’s bicycle craze
invention of the pneumatic tire and the safety bicycle
mass production
revolutionary impact on womens access to physical activity
ided by the intro of the “bloomer” bi-furcated skirt
1920’s-30’s
golden age
first-wave feminism
political changes
-suffragette movement
-winning the vote
prohibtion
1920’s
social changes
fanny “bobby” rosenfeld
gold and silver medals in track an field 1928
hockey and softball star
named canada’s female athlete of the half century in 1950
preston rivulettes
348 wins 2 loses
8 consecutive ontario champs
6 constitutive national tittles
edmonton grads
most successful team in canadian sports history
502 wins 20 losses (1915-1940)
18 can titles
17 NA titles
women organizing sport for women
leaders such as alice milliat
created international federation
hosted womens only games
womens olympics
1922 paris 1926 gottenberg womens world games 1930 prague 1934 london
women at the 1928 Olympics
matchless six won: gold in high jump
gold in 4x 100 relay
silver and bronze in 100 m
philosophy
the art of wondering
religion, science, philosophy
religion: belief , faith
science: experiment, observe, describe
philosophy: reasoning, argumentation, logic
metaphysics
study of what is real
epistemology
study of knowledge
aesthetics
study of beauty
ethics
study of how we should live
logic
study of arguement analysis