The era of Ethel Catherwood
Ethel Hannah Catherwood was born in April 28, 1908 and she died in September 26, 1987.Ethel Catherwood was a Canadian athlete.She was born in Hannah in North Dakota which is in the United States of America, Ethel Catherwood was raised and educated in Saskatchewan, Canada, where she preemenented at baseball, basketball and track and field athletics. In 1926, when she was studying at Bedford Road Collegiate, she equalled a Canadian record for high jump at Saskatchewan in the city track and field championships.Ethel Catherwood was the only Canadian woman ever to win an individual gold medal in the Olympic track.Ethel Catherwood won Canadian and Ontario championships in track and field events, notably in the
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In the year of 1928, Ethel Catherwood became a member of the Matchless Six, a group of 6 Canadian women who competed at the 1928 Summer games in the olympics which took place in the city of Amsterdam,the first Olympics to allow female competitors in athletics.She did not only make a world record, she gave more courage to the young women of that particular time.Ethel Catherwood took home a gold medal in high jump, clearing 1.59 metres (5.2 ft).Catherwood also held national titles in javelin throw, but this event became Olympics only in the year of 1932, whereas she retired from competitions a year earlier.When she returned from the 1928 Olympic games, Catherwood was offered a movie contract,but she did not accept the offer of the movie.Instead,Ethel Catherwood decided to take some kind of a business course, and piano study and later on got married got married..Maybe this is why you see young girls/women playing different kinds of sports for their countries.This is what gave them courage and now they are doing it.Finally, this is how
An influential American printmaker and painter as she was known for impressionist style in the 1880s, which reflected her ideas of the modern women and created artwork that displayed the maternal embrace between women and children; Mary Cassatt was truly the renowned artist in the 19th century. Cassatt exhibited her work regularly in Pennsylvania where she was born and raised in 1844. However, she spent most of her life in France where she was discovered by her mentor Edgar Degas who was the very person that gave her the opportunity that soon made one of the only American female Impressionist in Paris. An exhibition of Japanese woodblock Cassatt attends in Paris inspired her as she took upon creating a piece called, “Maternal Caress” (1890-91), a print of mother captured in a tender moment where she caress her child in an experimental dry-point etching by the same artist who never bared a child her entire life. Cassatt began to specialize in the portrayal of children with mother and was considered to be one of the greatest interpreters in the late 1800s.
From 1892 to 2002 women had proven to be very powerful whether it be something as little as gaining the rights to a divorce or something as big as the rights to vote and the same opportunities in vocation, women have shown that they are willing to do whatever it takes to gain equal rights and have prospered as a result (Doc #2, #8). An anonymous photographer (Doc #2) captures an image of one of the 2% of women athletes in the 1908 Olympic games held in Great Britain, Sybil Newall. The photographer shows that a factor that stopped the Olympics was the allowance of new rights for women and new opportunities for them to rise socially and participate in the modern Olympic games. The photographer shows this because during this time period in Western Europe women gained the ability to represent their country or nation at a new level, similar to what happened with woman’s suffrage. Hassiba Boulmerka (Doc #8) an Algerian competitor in the 1992 Olympics held in Spain believes that her victories give her confidence and she represents women aspiring to be athletes and to achieve it they need to b...
The Europeans wanted to spread this sport, and was successful doing so. As soon as they played their first documented games, other teams also joined in and quickly became an official sport. The popularity of lacrosse rose in The Americas as soon as the Caughnawaga Indians demonstrated a game in Montreal, Canada. This was reported in a newspaper, and white men became interested. In 1876, quickly after the first set of playing rules were announced, New York University became the first team to be established in the US. During the spread of lacrosse, Queen Victoria gave recognition to the game when she endorsed a match being played in England. A popular figure being involved in this sport had a big impact on the future of lacrosse. 1904 was an important year in lacrosse history. For the first time, the sport became an actual event played in the Olympics which Canada had won the gold medal. As the next few years passed, the Unites would have won the next gold medals, but the glory moments of lacrosse quickly came to an end in 1908. It’s not completely clear as to why the sport was excluded, but research has shown that around this time, the global interests have changed and lacrosse seemed to be going out of style. As this was a disappointment to lacrosse history, it did not stop the sport from achieving much more. The still got to be a part of the world games and was involved in the World Cup. Men have always dominated in sports, while women weren’t necessarily recognized for their skills even though they do just as well. 1931, was their year. Women's lax was now recognized as a sport, rather than just a hobby. Many more teams were organized, and they participated in nearly the same activities as the men did. Equality of the sexes has always been an issue, Men has always been more dominant, so it is important to give credit to women for getting as much attention as they should. Today, it is still not exactly equal. The rules for men are way more
African Americans entered the world of sports in the early 1900s when the first African American Olympian became a gold medal, Constantin Henriquez de Zubiera. He won a gold medal in rugby (Bosanac). Not only did the early 1900s open the door for African Americans, but women would also begin to infiltrate into sports as well. Women would be allowed to play in the Olympics; however, they were only allowed to play golf, tennis, and croquet. Only 19 women qualifiers made it through to the first Olympics with women participants (Bosanac). Before Althea Gibson, Margaret Ives Abbott was the first to win the singles tournament for tennis, foreshadowing Althea Gibson’s legacy to come (Schwartz). “She also won gold the 1900 Olympic games in golf just like Althea soo...
The city of Corning, New York gained one of the most influential advocates on September 14, 1879: the daughter of Bob Higgins and Anne Purcell Higgins. Little to Bob or Anne’s knowledge, Margaret Louisa Higgins, later known as Margaret Sanger, was destined to change the world of contraceptives for its present-day use: modern birth control. As the sixth child of eleven, Sanger grew up in poverty; with a socialist advocate for a father, and a recurrently pregnant mother constantly worn down from those pregnancies and later dying of tuberculosis. Although tuberculosis ultimately killed Sanger’s mother, Sanger believed that the frequent pregnancies of Anne burdened her mother and were the underlying cause of her relatively early death at the age
Soror Ethel Hedgeman Lyle is considered our utmost visionary leader and one of the 16 founders of our beloved sorority. Her vision, was to create an organization for college aged women to build a sisterhood and serve the community. As we can see, her vision has created an international organization that continues to greatly impact the world. Visionary leadership turns a vision into reality. How does one begin to bestow their vision on to others?
Dare to Compete presented images of women in sports over many years, highlighting the evolution of female athletes. At first female athletes still had to be dainty. They were women first, and athletes second. Women were believed to be too fragile for most sports and were told that they would have problems reproducing if they were too physically active. The women you see in sports early on were very feminine, both while participating in sports and in their personal lives. The women who were not as feminine suffered from criticism and felt great pressure to change their appearances to fit in with cultural norms.
american woman to create natural beauty and hair products for women of her kind. In an
The social reformer I decided to write about was Eleanor Roosevelt, one of the longest serving first ladies in the White House. I chose to write about her because of her unique roles in life. Eleanor was the wife of the late President Franklin D. Roosevelt. While Mrs. Roosevelt grew up in a time period where wealth was big in her family, she did not partake (Bickford & Badal, 2016). Mrs. Roosevelt was a very well known woman with a strong belief to help others. She made sure that the issues that should be taken care of and will help individuals live a better life.
You must do the things you think you can’t do. Eleanor Roosevelt is the woman who is ready to take charge of UNICEF and is ready to help the children of the world at any cost. Eleanor is the best choice for UNICEF for many reasons, she fights for gender equality and has worked for the UN, Some men may say that she doesn’t know about running a company herself but when her husband was hurt she took the place of the president of the United States.
2. Today, more girls are encouraged to participate in sports and other activities. College is now a possible option in a young woman's decision for Post High School Plans. Now a job, beyond being a wife and mother, is well within reach. As women competed publicly, they gained more respect. Becoming Role Models for millions of little girls and young women who could now truly dream about a life in professional sports.
This was 1978, to be a woman in 1978 making her presence known in a man's sport was brave and fearless. She discovered things about herself in that moment that would shape her into the successful woman she is
In 1990 women’s hockey had its first World Championship. Team Canada was made to wear pink jerseys as described in Hockey: A People’s History which showed a clear difference in the opinions of men playing versus women, as the women did not get to wear the red and white that the men wore to represent their country. However, this was still an important step. Men’s hockey was introduced to the Olympic Games in 1920. Women’s hockey was not included until 1998. It took 78 years for female hockey players to get to the same level on an international scale that men had been welcomed to. Olympic competition is arguably the best of the best; as countries send their most successful athletes to compete against the best from countries that they may not have the opportunity to play against in regular competition. While it may have taken many years, the introduction of women’s hockey into the Olympics was a clear display of the legitimization of the game. Thanks to the addition, many girls in Canada and around the world have had more exposure to women playing hockey. Especially for Canadian’s, seeing Team Canada dominate so frequently on the world stage has helped the growth of the game for women and has helped with the acceptance of female
In the readings we read they all touched on what sports reveal about American Culture. In the reading “Athlete of the Century: Babe Didrikson” by Andrew Postman, Women’s Sports and Fitness, it was a little biography about Babe Didrikson and how she became such an amazing athlete. She became notice during a time where woman were really not allowed to be their self or
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