 |  | | | The Women's League of Health | 23 Nov 2005 | | |
75 years on
The Women's League of Health and Beauty is one of the first exercise systems ever conceived in this country. For several generations of women since the 1930's it has been their first and long-lasting exposure to keep-fit. This year it celebrates its 75th Anniversary.
The movement was founded by Mary Bagot Stack, a First World War widow, who suffered from rheumatic fever. She was determined to introduce exercise, often described as "physical poetry", which would be accessible to women of all walks of life. By 1935, when she died prematurely, the movement had a massive following. Since then the League has ditched its once trademark uniform of short black satin pants and white shirts and changed its name to the Fitness League.
Philippa Budgen talks to Mary Bagot Stack's daughter Prunella who ran the movement when her mother died.
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