Importance de l'education physique
By: by Caroline Kauffmann
Contributors: Minck, Paule, 1839-1901
Series: Women and social movements, international
Publisher: W. Richardson
Published: 1899
Place of publication: Paris, France
Language: fre
Format: [electronic resource] /
Number of pages: 31
Subjects: Physical education for women; Women; Education
Other titles: Importance de l'éducation physique scientifique combinée avec l'éducation intellectuelle morale
Description: Caroline Kauffmann and Paule Mink, two representatives of the Women's Solidarity Group of Paris, provide a report on the benefits of physical education for girls to their Municipal Council. Beginning broadly with the question of women's work outside the home and women's natural propensity as educators, the authors argue that France lags behind many European nations in terms of its educational system. This practice, they suggest, has resulted in an ignorant, unhealthy, and unprogressive population. As a corrective, the authors argue for more rigid requirements for physical education -- particularly for girls -- which, as scientific studies reveal, improve not only students' physical capacities but their intellectual and moral capacities as well. Moral and physical strength would only benefit France, they suggest, and improve its "racial regeneration" and "national grandeur" on the international stage. Returning to the question of women's labor, the authors end the piece with a call for women's admission to agricultural and trade schools.
Notes: Report/Statement.

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