DUDLEY ALLEN SARGENT


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Dudley Allen Sargent

Let women rather confine herself to the lighters and more graceful forms of gymnastics and athletics, and make herself supreme along these lines as she has already done in aesthetic dancing. Let her know enough about the rougher sports to be the sympathetic admirer of men and boys in their efforts to be strong, vigorous, and heroes.
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While Harvard had no female students, Professor Sargent was opining on the recent trend of women playing tennis, competing in swimming and gymnastics and some were actually playing basketball. He was considered a national expert on health and physical education. This speech may have set back female sports involvement by decades.

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Dudley Allen Sargent
  • Born: September 28, 1849
  • Died: July 21, 1924
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Dudley Allen Sargent was a United States educator, lecturer and director of physical training.