Carol A. Osborne is a Lecturer at the School of Sport, University of Cumbria, UK.

Fiona Skillen is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the International Football Institute, School of Sport, Tourism and the Outdoors, University of Central Lancashire, UK.

This book examines aspects of women's sports history between the late-nineteenth century and the mid-twentieth century.

It was published as a special issue of Sport in History.

1. Introduction. The State of Play: Women in British Sport History Carol A. Osborne and Fiona Skillen 2. A Window of Opportunity? Preliminary Thoughts on Women's Sport in Post-war Britain Joyce Kay 3. From Mixed-Sex Sport to Sport for Girls: The Feminization of Figure Skating Mary Louise Adams 4. Frisky and Bitchy: Unlikely British Olympic Heroes? Jean Williams 5. Lilli Henoch and Martha Jacob - Two Jewish Athletes in Germany Before and After 1933 Berno Bahro 6. 'Ladies First'?: Establishing a Place for Women Golfers in British Golf Clubs, 1867-1914 Jane George 7. Against Hegemonic Currents: Women's Rowing into the First Half of the Twentieth Century Amanda N. Schweinbenz