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Sports have never been the sole preserve of men; women athletes have always been there. As this book shows, throughout the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries in Britain, women of all ages ran, fought, rode, played football, cricket, tennis, and other sports.

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“A pioneering book based on original and painstaking scholarship. The sheer weight of the research and its meticulously written details will challenge preconceived popular and academic notions about the role and status of women in early modern British society. The book will not only be of interest to sports historians but will also provide fresh insights for scholars of women’s history and early modern history in general. Radford is a leading authority on this subject for this time period. This is a labour of love.” - Neil Carter, De Montfort University, Leicester, author of Cycling and the British: A Modern History

They Run with Surprising Swiftness

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    A Paperback by Peter Radford

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      Publisher: MP-VIR Uni of Virginia
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 5/5/2023 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780813947938, 978-0813947938
      ISBN10: 0813947936
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Sports have never been the sole preserve of men; women athletes have always been there. As this book shows, throughout the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries in Britain, women of all ages ran, fought, rode, played football, cricket, tennis, and other sports.

      Trade Review
      “A pioneering book based on original and painstaking scholarship. The sheer weight of the research and its meticulously written details will challenge preconceived popular and academic notions about the role and status of women in early modern British society. The book will not only be of interest to sports historians but will also provide fresh insights for scholars of women’s history and early modern history in general. Radford is a leading authority on this subject for this time period. This is a labour of love.” - Neil Carter, De Montfort University, Leicester, author of Cycling and the British: A Modern History

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