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In the Game Changers exhibit, it was said that the invention of the bicycled dawned an era of the “quintessential “New Woman” of the late 19th century.” This era saw women’s colleges creating new sports programs and forming athletic teams to allow their students to compete in sports such as basketball, tennis, archery, etc. However, something occurred in the 1920’s and 1930’s because soon women were “discouraged and even blocked” from competition in sports. This attitude shift was really surprising to read about because it shows how influential this male disgust for seeing women sweat was on physical culture at the time. Another surprising detail that shocked me was that poorer women and women of color were not discouraged from competing in

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