Lydia Furse
Biographic Data
| ID | 6104019 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Lydia Furse |
| GIVEN NAMES | Lydia |
| FAMILY NAME | Furse |
| SIGNATURE | FURSE L |
| AFFILIATIONS | De Montfort University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3694-628X |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Reclaiming the 1934 Women’s World Games
The fourth Women’s World Games (WWG) began on August 9, 1934, at the White City Stadium in London. Despite extensive press coverage in 1934, London’s WWG have been neglected by historians, either assimilated into a narrow Olympic trajectory or considered an established and uncontroversial event on the independent women’s athletics calendar. In fact, they were an important moment in the history of sport and gender, both in Britain and internationa…
Women in the World Rugby Museum archive in three case studies
An object without a story offers limited interpretation options to a conscientious museum team. The World Rugby Museum (WRM) houses objects classified as national treasures, such as the Calcutta Cup, but it is also home to a miscellaneous collection related to the history of female participation in rugby union. The newly refurbished WRM is dedicated to telling the multidimensional history of rugby, including women’s rugby. However, the gender bia…
Barrette
Barrette, although it has been previously overlooked in modern sports histories, rose to prominence in France during the 1920s as a women’s contact sport. The close ties between barrette and rugby football support an argument that barrette was explicitly viewed as women’s rugby, and therefore should have a more prominent position in the history of rugby as well as women’s sports. Exploring the rise and decline of barrette through contemporary new…
Amateur Musical Societies and Sports Clubs in Provincial France, 1848–1914
Book Review| October 01 2018 Amateur Musical Societies and Sports Clubs in Provincial France, 1848–1914: Harmony and Hostility Baker, Alan R. H. Amateur Musical Societies and Sports Clubs in Provincial France, 1848–1914: Harmony and Hostility. Cambridge: Palgrave Macmillan, 2017. Pp. xi+350. Four b/w illustrations, eleven illustrations in color, and index. $109.99, hb. $84.99, eb. Lydia Furse Lydia Furse De Montfort University Search for other wo…
Play On! The Hidden History of Women’s Australian Rules Football
Play On! The Hidden History of Women’s Australian Rules Football." The International Journal of the History of Sport, 34(16), pp. 1784–1785
Play On! The Hidden History of Women’s Australian Rules Football
Play On! The Hidden History of Women’s Australian Rules Football." The International Journal of the History of Sport, 34(16), pp. 1784–1785
Play On! The Hidden History of Women’s Australian Rules Football
Play On! The Hidden History of Women’s Australian Rules Football." The International Journal of the History of Sport, 34(16), pp. 1784–1785
Amateur Musical Societies and Sports Clubs in Provincial France, 1848–1914
Book Review| October 01 2018 Amateur Musical Societies and Sports Clubs in Provincial France, 1848–1914: Harmony and Hostility Baker, Alan R. H. Amateur Musical Societies and Sports Clubs in Provincial France, 1848–1914: Harmony and Hostility. Cambridge: Palgrave Macmillan, 2017. Pp. xi+350. Four b/w illustrations, eleven illustrations in color, and index. $109.99, hb. $84.99, eb. Lydia Furse Lydia Furse De Montfort University Search for other wo…
Barrette
Barrette, although it has been previously overlooked in modern sports histories, rose to prominence in France during the 1920s as a women’s contact sport. The close ties between barrette and rugby football support an argument that barrette was explicitly viewed as women’s rugby, and therefore should have a more prominent position in the history of rugby as well as women’s sports. Exploring the rise and decline of barrette through contemporary new…
Women in the World Rugby Museum archive in three case studies
An object without a story offers limited interpretation options to a conscientious museum team. The World Rugby Museum (WRM) houses objects classified as national treasures, such as the Calcutta Cup, but it is also home to a miscellaneous collection related to the history of female participation in rugby union. The newly refurbished WRM is dedicated to telling the multidimensional history of rugby, including women’s rugby. However, the gender bia…
Reclaiming the 1934 Women’s World Games
The fourth Women’s World Games (WWG) began on August 9, 1934, at the White City Stadium in London. Despite extensive press coverage in 1934, London’s WWG have been neglected by historians, either assimilated into a narrow Olympic trajectory or considered an established and uncontroversial event on the independent women’s athletics calendar. In fact, they were an important moment in the history of sport and gender, both in Britain and internationa…
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