Equivocations of gender and rank: Eighteenth-Century sporting women

Eighteenth-Century Life

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 70-93

  Rizzo, Betty ^a  

^a CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK   (United States)

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ARTICLE; DANCING; EDUCATION; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HISTORY; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SPORT; UNITED KINGDOM; WALKING;

DANCING; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; GREAT BRITAIN; HISTORY, 18TH CENTURY; HUMANS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL CONFORMITY; SPORTS; WALKING; WOMEN; WOMEN, WORKING;

EID: 33947728439     PISSN: 00982601     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1215/00982601-26-1-70     Document Type: Article

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