Main content

Playing Like Ladies

Episode 6 of 30

Clare discovers that the freedom Victorian public school girls found on the sports field was a precursor to the political and social freedoms they would gain much later.

Clare Balding discovers that the freedoms Victorian public school girls found on the sports field were a precursor to the political and social freedoms that would change British society forever.

She visits Cheltenham Ladies College, founded in 1854. Headmistress, Dorothea Beale's vision for her girls was nothing short of a quiet revolution. Pupils began to do gymnastics, swimming and later, hockey and netball allowing them a physical freedom that previous generations had never known.

Readers, Sean Baker, Jo Munro and Jane Lawrence
Producer: Sara Conkey.

Available now

15 minutes

Last on

Tue 19 Jun 2018 02:15
Â鶹ÊÓƵAV Radio 4 Extra

More episodes

Previous

The Making of Men

Next

The Corinthian Ideal

See all episodes from Sport and the British

Broadcasts

  • Mon 6 Feb 2012 13:45
    Â鶹ÊÓƵAV Radio 4 FM
  • Mon 7 Jul 2014 14:15
    Â鶹ÊÓƵAV Radio 4 Extra
  • Tue 8 Jul 2014 00:15
    Â鶹ÊÓƵAV Radio 4 Extra
  • Mon 1 Aug 2016 14:15
    Â鶹ÊÓƵAV Radio 4 Extra
  • Tue 2 Aug 2016 02:15
    Â鶹ÊÓƵAV Radio 4 Extra
  • Mon 18 Jun 2018 14:15
    Â鶹ÊÓƵAV Radio 4 Extra
  • Tue 19 Jun 2018 02:15
    Â鶹ÊÓƵAV Radio 4 Extra

Podcast

  • Sport and the British

    Clare Balding charts how sport has shaped the British and how Britain has shaped sport