Essay On Sportsmanship In The 1920s

The Struggle, The Sportsmanship, and The Rise of Women Athletes in the 1920’s. The 1920’s was an era that was extremely complicated yet rewarding for women. Prior to this extravagant era, women were unfortunately limited on in the participation of many things. Voting, obtaining certain careers, and participation of professional sports were a few of the events that women were banned from being a part of. Women unfortunately couldn’t participate in most sports due to it being seen as masculine activity. In this time, society had a one way view of women to only be nurturers, caregivers, cooks, and seamstress (Gordon, 2011). This was an unfortunate mindset that the U.S had implemented and was soon to be broken and dismissed. The 1920’s was the breaking point for many accomplishments that shifted the U.S into a better state of mind. It was around this era that the thought of sports being only for men was now becoming outdated, and women were about to introduce themselves to the world in a new light. However, the life of a women athlete before and during the 1920’s consisted of gender complications, a new-coming of women sportsmanship, and a new and improved acceptance.
Gender Complications within Sports Before and during the 1920’s Today any woman of any color from anywhere can professionally play as …show more content…
Support groups from within the nation, marketing and branding of the new women’s sporting apparel, and the consistency and increasing results of women’s success within sports made the transition from female sports being abnormal to now being viewed as conventional a bit easier for others to digest (American Journalism, 7). Women had begun proving themselves to be just as equal as men and have the capability to be both nurturing and