PHYSICAL FITNESS
WOMEN IN SPORT FRENCH FEDER ATION S DECISION. Press Associ colon—By Telegraph —C opyrigho. LONDON, October 20. The Pari« correspondent of the ‘Daily News’ says that the Frenchwomen’s Sports Federat'on is not allowing women, or girls to participate in organised spm-ts unless they possess an approved doctor’s certificate ot physical and mental fitness, which must be renewed twice n year. The decision is a concession to the medical view that vigorous field sports are not suitable for women and girls of frail physique and iudi/lerent health.
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Evening Star, Issue 20317, 28 October 1929, Page 9
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88PHYSICAL FITNESS Evening Star, Issue 20317, 28 October 1929, Page 9
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