1 10 32 https://victoriansportswomen.newmedialab.cuny.edu/files/original/ad6032e9f6193d2da5ff757a19486c9c.jpg 112331caf3b37a586ba90094b3c8195d Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Elliman's Universal Embrocation Description An account of the resource This advertisement is for an ointment to soothe stiffness, aches, sprains and bruises incurred while cycling. That it features a female cyclist attired in bloomers is indicative of the social accommodations that were being made for women's athletics. This also meant changing ideas about the female body: once thought to be too delicate and fragile for physical exertion, now women's bodies are tough, they can take being bruised and sprained. Interestingly, the man here is the one who appears bodily inept. He has crashed his bicycle, while his sturdy female counterpart looks on. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource S. T. Dadd Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1897 https://victoriansportswomen.newmedialab.cuny.edu/files/original/53cc74ea778fbc69c8d10a10f1bd7487.jpg 5e48b37040b255c3ea38ad3471d06967 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Awful Effects of Velocipeding Description An account of the resource The bicycle, along with the self-assertive New Woman who was often depicted riding it, is a symbol of women's rights. Experiencing the freedom of greater mobility also led women to push for emancipation in other areas of public life. Such are the "awful effect of velocipeding." As this image suggests, the bicycle put women on an equal footing with men—here, the female cyclist clearly 'wins' this encounter with this man, who is knocked clear off his bike while she continues on her path forward. The image also conveys social attitudes about the New Woman cyclist: that she is brash and dangerous. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available The New Comic Times Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource c. 1890's https://victoriansportswomen.newmedialab.cuny.edu/files/original/91bc727b5dd8588c8b2f5255dadb4240.jpg c82b1d6f2dc0e53483f5e572f60660a0 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Preparing for the Fray Description An account of the resource This image of two female fencers who are soon to engage in combat exemplifies how athletic equipment, like their fencing foils, is presented as a tool for female ambition. The figure on the left grips her foil and faces her opponent, "preparing for the fray." Yet the title also suggests how gaining athletic skill and mastery of equipment prepared women for pursuits off the field. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Unknown Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Edwardian Era https://victoriansportswomen.newmedialab.cuny.edu/files/original/c8f727b68c36548172a25f8707fa5057.jpg 91a65832abac4a2abcee13162d7c081d Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Angling Description An account of the resource At first glance, this image seems to suggest an inept Sportswoman who has entangled her line on a man's coat while attempting to cast. However, when we consider the image in the context of engaging in mixed-gender sporting activities as a metaphor for the matrimonial field, this woman's use of her rod to ensnare a man (read: potential husband) no longer seems accidental. She's angling for a man, rather than a fish, and her fishing equipment becomes a kind of tool for pursuing her matrimonial ambitions. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource HM Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Unknown Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Nov. 1872 https://victoriansportswomen.newmedialab.cuny.edu/files/original/f79ac776ad99a60c3657d2d5ec4ad87a.jpg 10895ac161ea3fd4f1c5d1c8ebd9135f Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Political Lady-Cricketers Description An account of the resource In the latter part of the nineteenth century, heated public debates were being waged about the proper place and function of women. Known as the Woman Question, this contest circulated around women's desire for a widening of their sphere. "The Political Lady-Cricketers," a 1892 cartoon from Punch magazine, demonstrates how representations of women participating in competitive sports like cricket were also used to convey political ideas about female suffrage. The emblem of the women's rights organization, the Women's Liberation Front, emblazons the uniforms of these "lady-cricketers." That the women are doubled, sharing nearly the same stance, suggests solidarity—a "united front" in the nascent women's movement. The female athletes stand together, hand on hip, with a sideways look of defiance and distain at the man who looks on with disapproval. Their matching haughty pose is the precise opposite of demure womanhood. The women's erect posture conveys physical strength and determination while the man, hunched over in the background, appears comparatively small in stature. While they loom large in the image, he is relegated to the background. The man has a cricket bat that reads "SUFFRAGE" and holds it away from the women, appearing reluctant to give it to them. Yet one of the women already grasps a bat, and the image captions their claim to "take a turn" in the field of action. Through this representation, we see how women's equality began to be consolidated through their participation in sports. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Punch Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available http://www.gutenberg.org/files/14690/14690-h/14690-h.htm Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource May 28, 1892 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource © Punch Limited Type The nature or genre of the resource Illustration https://victoriansportswomen.newmedialab.cuny.edu/files/original/54a66ee5f2f235884b538a8f847cb5e3.jpg 1d2ceb0e84e9cd070334925ad8ebf82f Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Fair Toxophilites: English Archers, Nineteenth Century Description An account of the resource "The Fair Toxophilites" depicts female archers in a non-competitive setting. The title derives from the word, toxophilus, meaning "lover of archery." These sportswomen are "fair," an indication that archery can be an occasion for conspicous display of the female form. The view of the archers in profile also allows for bodily display (as compared to the image "Amazons of the Bow"). The year this was painted, 1872, a journalist writes: "An archery fête, on a fair smooth lawn, in July or August, is a very pleasant scene. . . To the performers it affords what they are likely to value—an opportunity for showing off their personal graces as well as their skill in the game. If a lady has a fine arm and a good erect figure, the bow and arrow will become her well." The painting, along with this quotation, shows how sports can increase a woman's sexual capital in the eyes of a potential suitor. The image also conveys the leisured status of the archers, as their elegant attire is a strong visual focus. Archery meets were often an opportunity for women to promenade in the latest fashions, but this painting also includes details that are usually left out of archery images such as functional equipment hanging from a "chatelaine" at the waist: a "tassel for cleaning the arrows, a grease box for treatment of the fingertips, and a pencil for scoring." (See: <a href="http://www.rammuseum.org.uk/collections/fine-art/a-gallery-in-the-gardens/the-fair-toxophilites">http://www.rammuseum.org.uk/collections/fine-art/a-gallery-in-the-gardens/the-fair-toxophilites</a>) Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource William Powell Frith Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery, http://www.rammuseum.org.uk/collections/fine-art/a-gallery-in-the-gardens/the-fair-toxophilites Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1872 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Size of original work: 98.2 x 81.7 cm Type The nature or genre of the resource Oil on canvas Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Fine art painting https://victoriansportswomen.newmedialab.cuny.edu/files/original/f7f685bae32ed0f9e580292316ae02d3.jpg 296d3aa2f3d33d6194da1c6c394677be Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Amazons of the Bow: A Sketch at an Archery Meeting Description An account of the resource This sketch of a shooting match between female archers conveys the competitive impulse that women could express through athletic prowess. The four women in the foreground appear determined and in command as they take aim, poised to demonstrate their skill with the archery equipment. The use of "Amazons" (a tribe of mythological female warriors) in the title references a model of the female body that is powerful, muscular, and fiercely threatening to men (although the conventionally feminine corsets and bustles in which these "Amazons of the bow" are attired veils such an athleticized embodiment). However, the image itself is visually 'threatening' as the archers aim outwards at the viewer (a contrast from the majority of images which depict archers in profile, for example, see item: "The Fair Toxophilites: English Archers"). Their aggressive stance toward the imagined audience of the illustration upends feminist theorist Laura Mulvey's ideas about the male gaze in which the act of looking is controlling and objectifying of the passive female form (see: "Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema"). Interestingly, there are no men in the image itself; instead we are shown a scene of women taking pleasure in looking at other women as they display athletic prowess. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Lucien Davis Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Supplement to the Illustrated London News Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available http://www.angelpig.net/victorian/archerygallery.html Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource October 3, 1885 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource © Look and Learn Type The nature or genre of the resource Lithograph Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Periodical illustration https://victoriansportswomen.newmedialab.cuny.edu/files/original/41cf5c888876b1eb14342062e030dfec.jpg 2ee151ae7cc23432e89613de8fa8d7ef Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Ladies' Meeting of the Toxophilite Society, Regent's Park, July 11 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Lucien Davis Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived The Illustrated London News Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource July 11, 1901 https://victoriansportswomen.newmedialab.cuny.edu/files/original/f57f4b0802803dfe756a2c683dfc2ad6.jpg cff90535f70939fc1dbcf31b6393b2f5 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Fair Toxophilites Description An account of the resource This comically-inflected rendering of two rival female archers shows how female competitiveness drives the marriage market and how the marriage market becomes a field for exercising female competitiveness. The caption reads as follows. Constance: 'Oh, Mamma! I'm so delighted, I have just made the best gold, and won the beautiful bracelet given by Captain Rifles' / Lucy (disappointed): 'Well, Constance, I think you had better not say much about it. You know it was a fluke, for you told me you always shot with your eyes shut, as you feel so very nervous!' Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource John Leech Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1864 https://victoriansportswomen.newmedialab.cuny.edu/files/original/c6baa9511b91fb31798f96a8456033cf.jpg 011d9d1d4afc29b231e19613f43e1b50 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Ladies Archery Match in the Royal Toxophilite Society's Grounds, Regent's Park. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived The Graphic Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource July 9, 1870