When the girls came out to play: the birth of American sportswear

Factors of change

Women move out-of-doors : croquet and skating

Taking up tennis

Bathing and swimming : seeking a "sensible costume"

Women enter the Olympics : a sleeker swimsuit

Bicycling and the bloomer

Trouser wearing : early influences

The rise of interest in exercise for women

Innovation at Wellesley : a uniform for crew

The debut of the gym suit

Taking exercise clothes to new places : women biologists at Woods Hole

The merging of public and private : sportswear and the American style.