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Haynes R (2013) Keeping Fit in Wartime Scotland. Sport Heritage: From Sporting Past to Future Wellbeing Blog [Blog post] 05.02.2013. https://sportheritage.wordpress.com/2013/02/05/how-women-were-asked-to-keep-fit-in-wartime-scotland/
Abstract
Scotland’s sports heritage is not only located in places, but also our visual culture. Scottish Screen Archive have a variety of holdings on sport, including this gem from 1942, a promotional feature ‘4 and 20 Fit Girls’. The idea of fitness for war has a long history, but during the Second World War the role of women working in munitions factories and other forms of manual labour meant the Government wanted to maintain a fit female workforce.
| Type of media | Blog post |
|---|---|
| Status | Published |
| Funders | AHRC Arts and Humanities Research Council |
| Publication date | 05/02/2013 |
| Publication date online | 05/02/2013 |
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Professor, Communications, Media and Culture