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Write a short note on sport and women

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  • Till the last part of the nineteenth century, sports and vigorous exercise for girls was not a part of their education.
  • By the 1890s, school began acquiring playgrounds and allowing girls to play some of the games earlier considered male preserves.
  • Sports for women were not designed as vigorous, competitive exercise. Women played games like Croquet that was a slow-paced, elegant game considered suitable for women, especially of the upper class
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