ABSTRACT

In 1910, one could read the following in Illustrierte Zeitung about a young woman, called the Jumping Baroness:

An excellent female ski jumper is Baroness Lamberg from Kitzbühel. At ski competitions this lady, who is an avid, enthusiastic skier, was able to perform two jumps without falling. . . . It is understandable that ski jumping is performed very rarely by women, and taking a close look, not really a recommendable sport. One prefers to see women with nicely mellifluous movements which show elegance and grace, like in ice skating or lawn tennis. One does not like to see athletic exercises performed by a woman. . . . And it is not enjoyable or aesthetic to see how a representative of the fair sex falls when jumping from a hill, flips over and with mussed-up hair glides down towards the valley in a snow cloud.