Fencing Mask used by Evelyn Kramer at George Washington University
date: label: date made
content: ca 1940
name: label: user
content: Kramer, Evelyn Hecht
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Evelyn Hecht Kramer wore this fencing uniform and mask while a member of the George Washington University Women’s Fencing Club in the early 1940’s. While the NCAA held the first fencing championships at Northwestern University in 1941, women’s fencing didn’t come into play until 1982. Women who wanted to compete in sporting competitions were often forced to join clubs in college since the sporting arena was still a man’s venue.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: name of sport
content: Fencing
label: level of sport
content: collegiate
label: web subject
content: Sports
label: web subject
content: Women
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Evelyn Hecht Kramer
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1983.0079.04
label: accession number
content: 1983.0079
label: catalog number
content: 1983.0079.04
objectType: label: Object Name
content: face mask, fencing
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: leather (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: cotton (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 7 1/2 in x 10 in x 13 in; 19.05 cm x 25.4 cm x 33.02 cm