Freeing the female body : inspirational icons / editors, J.A. Mangan and Fan Hong.

London ; Portland, OR : F. Cass, 2001.

x, 267 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

"First appeared as a special issue of the International journal of the history of sport (ISSN 0952-3367), vol. 18, no. 1, March 2001, published by Frank Cass"--T.p. verso.

'All the freedom of the boy': Elizabeth Cady Stanton, nineteenth-century architect of women's rights / Roberta J. Park -- A martyr for modernity: Qiu Jin, feminist, warrior and revolutionary / Fan Hong and J.A. Mangan -- A militant Madonna: Charlotte Perkins Gilman, feminism and physical culture / Patricia Vertinsky -- A lifetime of campaigning: Ettie Rout, emancipationist beyond the pale / Jane Tolerton -- Breaking bounds: Alice Profé, radical and emancipationist / Gertrud Pfister -- At the heart of a new profession: Margaret Stansfeld, a radical English educationalist / Richard Smart -- Alexandrine Gibb: in 'no man's land of sport' / M. Ann Hall -- A glittering icon of fascist femininity: Trebisonda 'Ondina' Valla / Gigliola Gori -- Ignoring taboos: Maria Lenk, Latin American inspirationalist / Sebastião Votre and Ludmila Mourão -- In pursuit of empowerment: Sensei Nellie Kleinsmidt, race and gender challenges in South Africa / Denise E.M. Jones -- Epilogue- prospects for the new millennium: women, emancipation and the body / J.A. Mangan.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [251]-256) and index.