Recreation and Physical Fitness: Girls and Women - 1937 vintage British textbook

Check out this vintage 1937 British guide for teachers on physical education training and activities for girls and women! "The number of girls and women who want to take exercise in their leisure time is rapidly increasing... Women today recognize that exercise as well as food, sleep, fresh air, and cleanliness, is one of the necessities of a healthy life. This general desire for physical activity should be guided to the best advantage; and it is in an attempt to provide such guidance that this book, which deals with recreation and phyusical fitness in many aspects, has been written..." Tons of 'old-school' exercises and activities, accompanied by photographs. You'll get a great view of 'fitness' as applied to British women from the 1930s -- a peek into culture of that era. The ads in the front and back are a blast as well. Recreation and Physical Fitness for Girls and Women - Board of Education Physical Training Series No. 16 Published 1937, His Majesty's Stationery Office, London Hardcover. Approx 6.5 x 9..5in. 288pp. Edges and corners show wear; otherwise book is in good shape for the vintage.