Britain has a long and distinguished history as an Olympic nation. However, most Olympic histories have focused on men's sport. This is the first book to tell the story of Britain's Olympic women, how they changed Olympic spectacle and how, in turn, they have reinterpreted the Games. "Gender is one such way what the Olympics represents is challenged, Jean Williams' pioneering Britain's Olympic Women is of the 'hidden from history' feminist tradition of uncovering those whom otherwise would be forgotten."-Mark Perryman, Philosophy Football