The image above is a first action photograph of women participating in sport. It shows four women playing doubles in lawn tennis. there were several women standing and sitting along the edges watching. Lawn Tennis Court appears to be among trees. The women in the photograph playing tennis were wearing long skirts to their ankles. The administrative head at the time was Cora H. Baker.
Collection TagsTennis; Recreation; Skirts; Trees; Tennis for women; College campus; College sport; Women athletes; Trees
1902
Dr. Bennett
The College of Wooster
The College of Wooster
Still image
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Women in Sport and Physical Education at The College of Wooster by Brenda Meese is licensed under a
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1900-1901
This item is part of the College of Wooster's more complete Women in Sport and Physical Education collection, which can be found here: http://cdm15963.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15963coll21/id/777
