The International Skating Union has organised the World All-Round Speed Skating Championships for Women since 1936. Unofficial championships were held in the years 1933–1935.
Famous quotes containing the words world, speed, skating and/or women:
“A world of made
is not a world of born-”
—E.E. (Edward Estlin)
“No speed of wind or water rushing by
But you have speed far greater.”
—Robert Frost (1874–1963)
“In skating over thin ice, our safety is in our speed.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)
“The “Otherizing” of women is the oldest oppression known to our species, and it’s the model, the template, for all other oppressions.”
—Robin Morgan (b. 1941)