Ethel Perrin
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Ethel Perrin (February 7, 1871 - May 15, 1962)[1][2] was an early American physical educator.[1]
Ethel Perrin taught at the Boston Normal School of Gymnastics and was later the first female vice president at the American Physical Education Association.[3] Perrin received an honor award from American Association of Health, Physical Education, and Recreation in 1931;[4] and Perrin was awarded the Luther Halsey Gulick Award[1] in 1946 for her "outstanding contribution to physical education in our public schools"[5]
Perrin believed that women were limited athletically in their physical potential, arguing that strenuous activity was harmful to women's health.[2][1] She opposed the equal rights sports movement.[2]
