Women's Department of Health and Physical Education records, 1923-1976.

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Women's Department of Health and Physical Education records, 1923-1976.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/60344413

The Women's Department of Health and Physical Education Records include correspondence, reports, brochures, publicity materials, student records, scrapbooks, and photographs. Major topics include the curriculum and administration of the department, student attitudes toward P.E., the attempt to build or renovate the gymnasium facility for women, the eventual merging of the Women's and Men's departments, and the effect of Title IX on women's athletics.

6000 items (8.0 linear ft.)

Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7776898

Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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Bookhout, Elizabeth C.

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Grout, Julia R.

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Julia Rebecca Grout (1898-1984) served as Chairman of the Women's Department of Health and Physical Education at Duke University from 1924 to 1964. From the description of Julia R. Grout papers, 1916-1984. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 60344414 ...

McCue, Betty Foster

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Duke University

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Duke University. Women's Dept. of Physical Education.

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The Duke University Women's Department of Health and Physical Education began in about 1926 and merged with the Men's Physical Education Department in 1975. The Women's Department was responsible for providing required physical education courses, overseeing recreational and athletic activities, and providing a major in physical education. The Department had three chairmen during its existence: Julia R. Grout, Betty F. McCue, and Elizabeth C. Bookhout. From the description of Women's ...

Duke University. Woman's College

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