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Jersey worn by Gotham Girl Roller Derby athlete Suzy Hotrod

Object Details

Description (Brief)
Jersey worn by Jean Schwarzwalder (aka Suzy Hotrod) of the Gotham Girl Roller Derby. Gotham Girl Roller Derby is one of the founding teams of this modern era league established in 2003 and was the first skater-operated team in the New York City area. They have won five of the first six Women's Flat Track Derby Association championships.
Modern roller derby began in 2001 after four teams were formed and founded under the Bad Girls Good Women Productions (BGGW) name. In 2002, the flat track derby, Texas Rollergirls was formed from 65 members of the first BGGW teams after a disagreement over management practices caused a permanent split. BGGW took the remaining 15 skaters and became the TXRD Lonestar Rollergirls forming a banked track league. A truly grass roots movement, the flat track derby uses a not-for-profit organizational model with female identifying skaters running the leagues and using their own money to buy rink time, produce tournaments, and print programs, putting any money earned, back into the organization.
Location
Currently not on view
web subject
Sports
name of sport
Roller Derby
level of sport
Professional
web subject
Women
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Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
Data Source
National Museum of American History
ID Number
2016.0186.01
accession number
2016.0186
catalog number
2016.0186.01
Object Name
roller derby jersey
Physical Description
fabric, cotton (overall materials)
Measurements
overall: 22 1/2 in x 19 in; 57.15 cm x 48.26 cm
overall, mounted: 22 1/2 in x 16 1/2 in x 14 in; 57.15 cm x 41.91 cm x 35.56 cm
Record ID
nmah_1819291
Metadata Usage
CC0
GUID
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b2-e2f3-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

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