Serious Duties of National Life: Women's Sports and Service in the British Empire

Authors

  • Abby Wolf

Keywords:

A Sportswomen in India, sport, women's sport, bodies, nineteenth century, British history, empire, colonialism, soldiers

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2020-06-11

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Wolf, A. (2020). Serious Duties of National Life: Women’s Sports and Service in the British Empire. Australasian Journal of Victorian Studies, 8(1), 88-103. https://openjournals.library.sydney.edu.au/AJVS/article/view/13866