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Ina E. Gittings (born January 14, 1885, died March 11, 1966) was a American female educator who pioneered physical education for women in the early 20th century.[1] She was the director of the Department of Women's Physical Education at the University of Arizona from 1920-1955.[2]
Early life[edit]
Ina E. Gitting was born on January 14, 1886 in Wilber, Nebraska.
http://womensplaza.arizona.edu/honor/view.php?id=293
http://ovhistory.org/ina-gittings/
https://www.myheritage.com/names/ina_gittings
http://www.azhpe.org/archives/
http://scarlet.unl.edu/scarlet/archive/2007/03/08/story5.html
Education[edit]
Gittings attended Superior High School in Superior, Nebraska graduating in 1902. She was academically and physically gifted in high school. She was a leader on the Superior High School girls basket ball team which won a state championship against a team from Lincoln, Nebraska.[3]
Foreign service[edit]
University of Arizona[edit]
Notes[edit]
- ^ "Collection of Ina E. Gittings". University of Arizona Special Collections. Retrieved May 7, 2016.
- ^ "University of Arizona Women's Athletics and Physical Education Papers". University of Arizona Special Collections. Retrieved May 7, 2016.
- ^ Stewart, Pamela (Spring 2016). "Creating "Staunch Hearted, Bright-Eyed Sportswomen" - The Montana Legacy of Athlete and Educator-Ina E. Gittings". Montana-The Magazine of Western History. 66 (1). Helena, Montana: Montana Historical Society Press: 3–17.