A portrait photograph of Amy Morris Homans. Amy Morris Homans born on November 15, 1848, was an American physical educator. She was the director of the Boston Normal School of Gymnastics, from its founding in 1889, through its reorganization as the Department of Hygiene and Physical Education at Wellesley College, until she retired in 1918. She founded the Association of Directors of Physical Education for Women. Homans was a vice-president of the Woman's Education Association of Boston. She was an early member of the American Academy of Physical Education and won the academy's first Honor Award in 1931. Also in 1931, she received an honorary doctorate from Russell Sage College. She is recognized as "a great champion for women's pursuit of leadership in physical education and sport."
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