Includes bibliographical references (p. 249-278) and index.
Contents
Illustrations -- Preface -- pt. 1. The influence of fashion -- Introduction : Public clothing for outdoor play -- ch. 1. Factors of change -- ch. 2. Women move out-of-doors : croquet and skating -- ch. 3. Taking up tennis -- ch. 4. Bathing and swimming : seeking a "sensible costume" -- ch. 5. Women enter the Olympics : a sleeker swimsuit -- ch. 6. Bicycling and the bloomer -- pt. 2. The influence of education -- Introduction : Private clothing for physical education -- ch. 7. Trouser wearing : early influences -- ch. 8. The rise of interest in exercise for women -- ch. 9. Innovation at Wellesley : a uniform for crew -- ch. 10. The debut of the gym suit -- ch. 11. Taking exercise clothes to new places : women biologists at Woods Hole -- ch. 12. The merging of public and private : sportswear and the American style -- Notes -- Index.
