Victorian Women And Sports

To continue with the previous topic, I thought you'd enjoy these pictures of Victorian women engaging in various sports, such as:

riding the bike and trike,

sailing,

diving,

playing tennis (with men, no less!)

playing croquet (again with men)

playing billiards,

ice-skating without a chaperone,

boating (or punting, to be precise. Notice that while she is managing the boat the guy is busy with lunch),

swimming,

and playing golf and flirting with men. Just so you know they weren't all of them chained to their stoves:)