A portrait photograph of Blanche Trilling. Blanche Trilling (1876-1964) attended Belmont College, the Cincinnati College of Music, and was certified in Physical Education from Wellesley College before becoming Director of Physical Education for Women at the University of Missouri from 1909-1910. During the next two years, she was an Associate Director at the Chicago Teachers’ College, and in 1912, she became the Director of Physical Education for Women at the University of Wisconsin Blanche Trilling developed a deep concern for greater opportunities for women in sports and dance at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and at state and national levels. She established undergraduate degrees in Physical Education and Dance and a Masters in Physical Education, which became models for similar programs at colleges around the country.
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