⚜Fit for Frills⚜

Girls playing basketball at Western High School, Washington, DC (ca. 1899).

(Library of Congress)

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(Library of Congress)

Babe Didrikson - Rockin’ female athlete from the 1940s, and a harmonica player. Very awesome. Unfortunately, press of the time got on her case a lot for being “too masculine”.

On July 21, 1956, Althea Gibson became the first African-American woman to win a Grand Slam tennis tournament when she defeated Great Britain’s Angela Mortimer 6-0, 12-10 to win the French Championships (later the French Open). Often referred to as “the Jackie Robinson of tennis” for breaking the sport’s color barrier, Gibson would also become the first black woman to win Wimbledon the following year.

Vintage women boxers

All American Girls Professional Baseball League.

Varsity women’s hockey circa 1910, University of Toronto.

The New York Chiefs posing in front of the Harringay Arena in London, England, May 1953

“Olympic skater Carol Heiss performing on ice outdoors at Wollman Memorial Rink in Central Park.” 1955 by Ralph Morse

(Wellesley College Archives)

Photos taken by Mlle-Marianne

Source: http://digital.lib.uiowa.edu/cdm/ref/collection/ictcs/id/10546

19th century roller skates

1927

Floral skirt $25.67