This book is an historical survey of women s sport from 1850-1960. It looks at some of the more recent methodological approaches to writing sports history and raises questions about how the history of women s sport has so far been shaped by academic writers. Questions explored in this text include: What are the fresh perspectives and newly available sources for the historian of women s sport? How do these take forward established debates on women s place in sporting culture and what novel approaches do they suggest? How can our appreciation of fashion, travel, food and medical history be...