2 Jul 2022 | Popular articles, Women's endurance running history |
2022 marks the Centenary of the Women’s Amateur Athletic Assocation (WAAA). The WAAA was formed in 1922 to meet a growing demand for organised competition for women in England. The 1920s were an exciting time for women’s athletics as international...
19 May 2019 | Women's endurance running history |
Molly Schiot’s book “Game Changers: the unsung heroines of sports history” is dedicated to “all the women who were forever told ‘no'”. It is replete with examples of women who followed their dreams and ambitions in sport despite...
9 Mar 2015 | Blog, Women's endurance running history |
“Nothing is more powerful than a woman’s struggle to run free”. “Nike is a Goddess: The History of Women in Sports” tells the stories of women who excelled in sport and broke the mould to push the boundaries of what women were allowed to...