Name/TitleBadge: Women's League of Health & Beauty
About this objectCircular pin badge in bronze metal circled in red enamel. Features the embossed central imaged of a woman stretching in movement with the text 'Women's League of Health & Beauty ~ Movement is Life' around the edge. The reverse features a maker's mark.
MakerToye & Co
Maker RoleManufacturer
Date Madec.1930s
Period1930s
Place MadeEngland, London
Medium and MaterialsInorganic, metal
MeasurementsDia: 31 mm
Subject and Association KeywordsHealth & well-being
Subject and Association Keywordsfitness, exercise
Subject and Association Keywords(anti) racism
Subject and Association KeywordsWomen's League of Health & Beauty
Subject and Association Descriptionhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Bagot_Stack:
In 1930 Mary Bagot Stack created the Women’s League of Health & Beauty. Her vision was of “a league of women who will renew their energy in themselves and for themselves day by day”. She believed completely in the power of women to make the world a better place to live in. The league adapted eugenicist terms and saw women as "natural race builders". Their aim was to promote "racial health" through physical exercise.
Named CollectionGlasgow Women's Library
Object TypeBadge
Object numberGWL-2013-4-2
Copyright LicenceAll rights reserved