Ethel Perrin

Ethel Perrin (February 7, 1871 - May 15, 1962)[1][2] was an early American physical educator.[1]

Ethel Perrin taught at the Boston Normal School of Gymnastics and was later the first female vice president at the American Physical Education Association.[3] Perrin received an honor award from American Association of Health, Physical Education, and Recreation in 1931;[4] and Perrin was awarded the Luther Halsey Gulick Award[1] in 1946 for her "outstanding contribution to physical education in our public schools"[5]

Perrin believed that women were limited athletically in their physical potential, arguing that strenuous activity was harmful to women's health.[2][1] She opposed the equal rights sports movement.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Perrin, Ethel (1871–1962)".
  2. ^ a b c Notable American Women, The Modern Period. The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press. 1980. pp. 539–541. ISBN 0-674-62732-6.
  3. ^ Verbrugge, Martha (1988). Able-Bodied Womanhood. Oxford University Press, USA. p. 162. ISBN 9780198021803.
  4. ^ "American National Biography Online".
  5. ^ "The Gulick Award, 1946". The Journal of Health and Physical Education. 17 (7): 405–449. 1946. doi:10.1080/23267240.1946.10628021.


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