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Women's Athletics, Atalanta and the Golden Apples, 1925-1926

Womens_Athletics_Atalanta_and_the_Golden_Apples_19251926.jpg

The illustration that leads this section on Women's Athletics shows the Greek Myth of Atalanta and Hippomenes. Atalanta was abandoned at birth and raised by a she-bear, then hunters who found her. She became a great hunter and a fast runner. But Atlanta did not want to give up the freedom she had in the woods. She consented to marry only if a man could outrun her in a race. Many men tried but none could keep up with her. She was finally beaten by Hippomenes, who was given three golden apples by Venus. He threw the golden apples, one by one, in front of her, so that she would stop to pick them up. In this way, he beat her to the line, and they were married.]; [Underneath this section is a set of three photos enclosed in a rectangle titled 'What Women Call Athletics.' One photo has a group of women sitting on a fence together under the caption 'Keep Out'. One woman in the center have a sign, but it is hard to read. The middle photo is of the women playing hockey. The caption says 'Slow?' There is a third photo on the right of a group of women sitting on a fence rail. 'Just Restin' This may play on several factors: Separation of women, No men allowed. Making fun of women's sports of hockey and hiking. The title seems a bit antagonistic or may be making fun of the activities and how they are done. The administrative head at the time was Kathleen Lowrie.

Collection Tags

TITLE

Women's Athletics, Atalanta and the Golden Apples, 1925-1926

SUBJECT

Drawing; College sports; Women athletes; Parody; Physical education for women

DATE

1927

CREATOR

Unknown

CONTRIBUTOR

The College of Wooster

PUBLISHER

The College of Wooster

TYPE

Still Image

FORMAT

JPEG

LANGUAGE

eng

RIGHTS

Women in Sport and Physical Education at The College of Wooster by Brenda Meese is licensed under a
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License
Based on a work at http://cdm15963.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/landingpage/collection/p15963coll21
Permissions beyond the scope of this license may be available at https://www.wooster.edu/academics/libraries/collections/policies/

 

COVERAGE

1925-1926

RELATION

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/1347