More than a century and a half ago, Walt Whitman predicted the coming of a race of "fierce and athletic girls" who ...
"are not one jot less than I am,
They are tann'd in the face by shining suns and blowing winds,
Their flesh has the old divine suppleness and strength,
They know how to swim, row, ride, wrestle, shoot, run, strike, advance, resist, defend themselves,
They are ultimate in their own right -- they are calm, clear, well-possess'd of themselves."
Pretty much everyone thought he was crazy.
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