Link: Sportswomen of the Past

[glamazonwarrior]

Photos of women athletes from the Victorian and Edwardian eras.

(Hat-tip, beatonna's tumblr.)

Comments

[lissibith]

Thanks for linking, that was fantastic (aside fmro the facebook box that kept popping up that I couldn't figure out how to get rid of). I'd seen a few of those pics when I was researching my costume, mostly the cricket ones - the tennis pictures were so cool! Ankles and elbows, the scandal!

[glamazonwarrior]

Glad to pass it along! The one that boggled me the most was the rowing one. That outfit has to weigh in excess of 10 lbs when wet, and that's just the undergarments. I take so much for granted.