Abstract: Housewife or Physical Education Teacher? Or Both? Female Physical Education Teachers and the Welfare State, 1932–1952 • The purpose of the article is to analyse the occupational careers and lifestyles of 32 female physical education teachers during the period 1932–1973. The results show that women could work both as physiotherapists and as physical education teachers. Many chose the former, which in Central Institute of Gymnastics' (Gymnastiska centralinstitutet, GCI) own historical writing has been reduced in favor of the physical educat...
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Topics: 
Pedagogy
Gender studies