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This Skirt Won't Work!: How Women Athletes Changed Their Clothes and Changed the Game​

This Skirt Won't Work!: How Women Athletes Changed Their Clothes and Changed the Game​

Cooper, Jennifer
Byrne, Eva

Hardcover

BiographySelf Help

Publisher Price: $18.99

ISBN10: 1728267846
ISBN13: 9781728267845
Publisher: Sourcebooks Explore
Published: Dec 2 2025
Pages: 48
Weight: 1.20
Height: 0.46 Width: 10.40 Depth: 10.21
Language: English

Imagine trying to play tennis in a long dress, or swimming laps wearing heavy petticoats! That's how it used to be for girls and women in sports... until a few found a better way!

See how women like cyclist Kittie Knox, swimmer Annette Kellerman, and Albertine LePensee and her Canadian hockey teammates flouted convention and risked scandal to wear things they could move in. They sewed their own knickerbockers, donned sleek swimsuits, and shortened skirts, and in the process helped change society's ideas about what women and girls could wear--and do! Features back matter with cool facts about each woman and team, as well as a look at women athletes today who continue to take a stand for clothes that are more comfortable and inclusive.

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