LONGER RACES FOR WOMEN ATHLETES
“BRITISH GIRLS NOT MADE OF COTTON WOOL” LONDON, January 17. Regretting that the Empire Games and other international events organised by men do not include a women's long distance race, the Amateur Athletic Association is arranging a five-lap race at the indoor championships at Wembley in This will be followed by longer races at some international meetings, and also an international haltmile’ as a preliminary to the European championships at W r emble> on August 6. An association official toid tne “Daily Mail”: “We find that halfmile and mile runners have longer athletic lives than sprinters \\e want to show the world that Bntisn girls are not made of cotton woo., but have stamina and pence, health.” -
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Press, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22304, 19 January 1938, Page 9
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