No Women Competitors At 1940 Olympiad?
* (Received 10 a.m.) LONDON, March 29,
The Berlin correspondent of the “Daily Mail” says he understands that members of the International Olympic Committee, which is to meet at Warsaw in June to discuss the 1940 Olympiad, contemplate a complete ban on women competitors.
Supporters of the Games argue that the Games are too unwieldy. Also, they point out, women did not participate in the Games in Ancient Greece.
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Northern Advocate, 30 March 1937, Page 6
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