Their Day in the Sun: Women of the 1932 Olympics

by Doris Hinson Pieroth

Book Overview

The Courts and the Colonies offers a detailed account of a protracted dispute arising within a Hutterite colony in Manitoba, when the Schmiedeleut leaders attempted to force the departure of a group that had been excommunicated but would not leave. This resulted in about a dozen lawsuits in both Canada and the United States between various Hutterite factions and colonies, and placed the issues of shunning, excommunication, legitimacy of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0295975547
• ISBN13: 9780295975542
• Release Date: October 1996
• Publisher: University of Washington Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

Eye Opening

I love this book! Mrs. Pickett-Phillips was my elementary school principal in Ford Heights , Illinois and was a great educator and woman. Too bad She never got a chance to actually compete. It was definitely an eye opening experience to read what really happened in 1932. I highly recommend this book and urge The USOC to right this overdue wrong!