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July 17, 2014

Girl High School Gymnastics/ Ninja Training in Charlestown High School, Boston, 1893

As early as the 1820s, schools began to introduce gymnastics and hygiene training into the curriculum, but physical education did not become a formal requirement until after the Civil War. These vintage photographs of high school girls exercising do not look much different from gym equipment today, although fitness fashion has changed dramatically.









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