Player holding the ball was Harriet Coutts who was training to be a teacher. Harriet was Allister’s mother.
Norfolk Women’s Net Ball Tournament held on the court courts at the Training College ground in Norwich. Participating clubs were ...
Once students entered her college, Martina Bergman Österberg maintained an autocratic rule over their daily lives. She forbade students from ...
Physical education instructors’ colleges for men would not exist in England until the 1930s. During World War II, Martina Bergman-Österberg’s ...
In the early days of young women’s sport, coverage of the female body was accepted as normal. Note the long skirts, ...
Late in 1895, Martina Bergman-Österberg purchased a large country house named ‘Kingsfield’ on a 14-acre estate in Dartford, Kent. She ...
Martina Bergman-Österberg (1849–1915) was a Swedish physical education instructor and women’s suffrage advocate. After studying Swedish gymnastics in Stockholm she ...
Winners of the West Riding Net Ball League Shield 1935
This gentleman is usually credited with bringing the game of basket ball to the students at Martina Bergman-Österberg’s college at ...
