Their Day in the Sun: Women of the 1932 Olympics

by Doris Hinson Pieroth

Book Overview

The 1932 Olympic games took place in Los Angeles in the depths of the Great Depression; that they were held at all falls barely short of miraculous. The United States sent thirty-seven women to compete--seventeen swimmers, seventeen track and field athletes, and three fencers. It was not easy, and far from acceptable, for a woman to be an athlete in 1932. As late as April 1931 the International Olympic Committee seriously considered eliminating women's...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0295975539
• ISBN13: 9780295975535
• Release Date: January 1996
• Publisher: University of Washington Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 1.12 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

Eye Opening

I love this book! Mrs. Pickett-Phillips was my elementary school principal in Ford Heights , Illinois and was a great educator and woman. Too bad She never got a chance to actually compete. It was definitely an eye opening experience to read what really happened in 1932. I highly recommend this book and urge The USOC to right this overdue wrong!