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Talking About Fitness

Talking about girls' health and wellness isn't new. It started around 1900. Experts debated exercise for girls. Many thought that exercise would improve girls' character as well as build stronger bodies, fend off disease, and make healthy future mothers.

However, authorities told girls to exercise with caution. Older ideas about too much physical activity as dangerous for girls still held sway.
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