Moterys Lietuvos sporto arenoje XX a. 3-4 dešimtmetyje: pasirinktas ar primestas vaidmuo

LTStraipsnyje, remiantis šaltiniais, analizuojamas moterų dalyvavimas Lietuvos sportiniame gyvenime XX a. 3–4-ajame dešimtmetyje. Analizuojama moterų iniciatyva kurti moterų sporto organizacijas, dalyvauti varžybose, siekti rezultatų, reprezentuojant Lietuvą sporto turnyruose. Tiriama Kūno kultūros rūmų įtaka bei tautininkų fizinio auklėjimo propaganda ne tik moterų sportui, bet ir visuomenės požiūriui į sportuojančią moterį. Atskleidžiami ryškiausi moterų sporto pasiekimai bei supažindinama su veikliausių sporto organizatorių darbais. Analizuojami tautininkų politikos sporto atžvilgiu ypatumai, kurie 4-ajame dešimtmetyje susiaurino galimybes moterims savarankiškai organizuotis ir spręsti su moterų sportu susijusias problemas. [Iš leidinio]Reikšminiai žodžiai: E. Kubiliūnaitė-Garbačiauskienė; Fizinis auklėjimas; Kūno kultūros rūmai; Moterų sportas; Sporto politika; Tautininka; Chamber of Physical culture; E. Kubiliūnaitė-Garbačiauskienė; Lithuanian Nationalist Party; Physical training; Politics of sport; Women sport.

ENIn the early 1920s sport enthusiasts joined Lithuanian sports activities, organised first women teams and started to play basketball. The most active sportswomen were young 17–23 year old students. Female initiative to take up sports was supported and sponsored mostly by intellectuals, artists and wives of political leaders. The society expressed a rather unfavourable attitude towards sportswomen viewing them as upstarts who wanted to equal men in their physical strength. The generally accepted attitude was that women could take up sports and physical training merely to improve their health and sustain beauty. Forward-looking women doctors and PT teachers tried to combat the outdated approach. In 1922, following the example of sportswomen in the rest of Europe, Lithuanians established the Women’s Committee which dealt with the issues of women in sports. The Committee actively defended the right of women to take up sports and helped to increase the number of sportswomen. At the end of 1932 the activities of the Women’s Committee were terminated and the issues related to women in sports were handed over to the Chamber of Physical Culture. The decision had a highly negative impact on women sport in Lithuania as women’s initiative withered and the organization of sports festivals was discontinued. In the late 1920s mandatory military training was introduced and physical training was intensified in schools, thus resulting in the increased number of sportswomen. In the 1930s women achieved outstanding results in various sports, yet the most significant victories were secured in basketball. Despite the good physical form and training, Lithuanian sportswomen never had the chance to compete in the Olympic Games. [From the publication]