International Association of Physical Education and Sport for Girls and Women (U.S. branch) Records 1967-2001 (ongoing)

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International Association of Physical Education and Sport for Girls and Women (U.S. branch) Records 1967-2001 (ongoing)

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International athletic association. The International Association of Physical Education and Sport for Girls and Women Records at Smith represent the U.S. branch of the organization. The collection includes histories, including information about Dorothy Ainsworth; documents pertaining to various IAPESGW congresses and conventions; and IAPESGW bulletins, newsletters, and reports.

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Sophia Smith Collection

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SNAC Resource ID: 6323076

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International Association for Physical Education and Sport for Girls and Women

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International Association of Physical Education and Sports for Girls and Women

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The International Association of Physical Education and Sport for Girls and Women was founded to provide "an international forum and vehicle for women physical educators to meet together and share ideas, methods, programs, problems, and solutions." Dorothy Ainsworth served as the first president. The first international Congress was held in 1949 in Copenhagen with two hundred fifty delegates attending from twenty-five nations, and since then quadrennial congresses have been held at various locat...

Ainsworth, Dorothy S. (Dorothy Sears), 1894-1976

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Dorothy Sears Ainsworth was a Professor and Director of Physical Education at Smith College. From the description of Dorothy Sears Ainsworth Papers, 1916-1975 (Smith College). WorldCat record id: 425740666 ...