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Women on ice : the early years of women's hockey in Western Canada

Title
Women on ice : the early years of women's hockey in Western Canada / Wayne Norton.
Author
Norton, Wayne R. (Wayne Reid), 1948-
Publication
Vancouver : Ronsdale Press, c2009.

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Description
163 p. : ill., ports.; 26 cm.
Subject
  • Hockey for women > Canada, Western > History
  • Women hockey players > Canada, Western > History
  • Hockey for women
  • Women hockey players
  • Western Canada
Genre/Form
History.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
  • Fair manipulators of the twisted hickory.
  • pt. 1. Beginnings. The Kootenays : Rossland prevails with skill and style -- Hockey in Vancouver : Patricks, Swastikas and a bunch of local schoolgirls -- Across the Rockies : the call of Banff in winter -- The Amazons : Vancouver's dazzling aggregation of lady puck-chasers -- Lady champions of Western Canada -- Hope and promise -- Hockey girls deluxe : the Vancouver Amazons in the 1920s -- A game in decline -- Promise unfulfilled : the disappearance of women's hockey.
  • pt. 2. Rivalries and networks. Victoria and Seattle : the Kewpies and the Vamps -- Calgary : a decade of dominance -- Fernie : another British Columbia champion -- Edmonton : West meets East at last -- Looking forward, looking back -- Women's champion ice hockey teams at Banff, 1917-1935.
ISBN
  • 9781553800736
  • 1553800737
OCLC
  • ocn316666837
  • 316666837
  • SCSB-1534328
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library