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Strong Women Rise in Era of Athleticism and War
The article surveys rising female strength through gym training and war work, cites Kid McCoy and Dr Dudley Sargent, notes Harvard workers and circus gymnasts, and argues the average woman grows stronger as environment and eugenics shape a future of powerful mothers and athletic bodies.
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New York
Norman Selby
McCoy
Selby
Dudley A. Sargent
Hemingway Symnasium
Harvard
Radcliffe College
Newberry
Norwood
Samson
Sargent
Louis Cyr
Margaret A. Graham
Ludlow Mills
Graham
Dr. Sargent