In this episode of In The Loop: Tales of the Blade, Evie (@doubleflutz) tells Tilda (@tequilda) the story of the first woman to ever medal at a World Championship and the first Ladies Olympic Champion, Madge Syers (GBR), as well as figure skating in the late Victorian era, the exclusion of women in the sport, and the Ladies Championships of the ISU.

Full transcript available here: https://www.inthelopodcast.com/news/2019/06/19/totb-1-transcript

Sources and Further Reading
Artistic Impressions: Figure Skating, Masculinity, and the Limits of Sport by Marie Louise Adams
Culture on Ice: Figure Skating & Cultural Meaning by Ellyn Kestnbaum
Madge Syers - The Mother of Figure Skating: https://skateguard1.blogspot.com/2013/06/spotlight-on-madge-syers-mother-of.html
Behind Closed Doors - Revisting Madge Syers: https://skateguard1.blogspot.com/2016/07/behind-closed-doors-revisiting-madge.html
1908 Olympic Report: https://web.archive.org/web/20070927222443/http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1908/1908.pdf

Research by Evie (@doubleflutz), Becs (@becsfer), and Karly (@cyberswansp)
Transcription by Taeri (@twizzlesetc) and Niamh (@rivrdance)
Icon, Header, and Graphics by Gabb (@tegomass)
Audio Production by Evie (@doubleflutz)
Produced by the In The Loop Team

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