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Peer reviewedSpears, Betty – Quest, 1982
In the face of widespread belief that women were unsuitable for physical education, Amy Morris Homans and Mary Hemenway founded the Boston Normal School of Gymnastics in 1889 to train female physical education teachers. Later, the school affiliated with Wellesley College and established a graduate program directed by Homans. (PP)
Descriptors: Biographies, Educational Attitudes, Exercise, Females
