从十九世纪中期到二十世纪初,妇女参加体育运动的历史,可以从很多方面反映出这一时期妇女社会地位。对妇女们来说,这一时期标志着她们从被束缚、被奴役的地位转变为受人尊敬的地位。而这种地位的转变,又只是在这一时期的后半期,当妇女在社会、政治和经济上的束缚被动摇之后才发生的。妇女们除了一些日常生活中的自由度扩大之外,还可以参加体育运动,尽管要达到这一目的十分困 From the mid-nineteenth century to the early twentieth century, the history of women’s participation in sports can reflect the social status of women in many aspects. For women, this period marked the transformation of their bondage, enslaved status to a venerable position. And this change of status occurs again only in the second half of this period, when women have been shaken by social, political and economic constraints. In addition to some of the greater degrees of freedom in everyday life, women can participate in sports, although it is very difficult to achieve this