Diana’s Outdoor Sports: Field Sports – Bicycling – Equestrianism – Water Sports – Winter Sports -Automobiles
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Diana’s Outdoor Sports is one of 4 volumes in the Sports She Wrote series written by the first woman with her own weekly sports column in a major American newspaper, The Philadelphia Inquirer, from 1898 to 1901. Her real name (which she never revealed in print) was Mary Lagen, a prolific writer and bicycling pioneer, who inaugurated her “Athletic Woman” column at the age of 46.
Diana was a passionate outdoorswoman and many of her articles are based on personal experiences. This volume features 217 articles about field sports, equestrianism, wheel sports, water sports and winter sports. Field sports include 54 articles related to hunting, fishing, camping, guns, nature, dogs and birds. 48 articles on equestrianism focus on horseback riding, driving carriages, and attending horse shows. Cycling is featured in 67 articles, including 20 articles predating her “Athletic Woman” column, establishing her pivotal role in the evolution of the bicycle. She also introduces the automobile to her readers and describes the excitement of her first ride. 48 articles describe her encounters with swimming, boating, ice skating and sledding.
Sports She Wrote is a 31-volume time-capsule of primary documents written by more than 400 women in the 19th century.
ASIN : B0D5RC8YS2
Publisher : The Lost Century of Sports Collection (May 30, 2024)
Publication date : May 30, 2024
Language : English
File size : 39005 KB
Text-to-Speech : Enabled
Screen Reader : Supported
Enhanced typesetting : Enabled
X-Ray : Not Enabled
Word Wise : Enabled
Sticky notes : On Kindle Scribe
Print length : 384 pages
