About Patricia Vertinsky Patricia Vertinsky is a professor at the School of Human Kinetics at the University of British Columbia, specializing in the social and cultural history of the body. She is the author or editor of four previous books on sportsand gender. Books by Patricia Vertinsky Educating the Body A History of Physical Education in Canada by (author) M. Ann Hall, Bruce Kidd & Patricia Vertinsky Venus with Biceps A Pictorial History of Muscular Women by (author) David L. Chapman with Patricia Vertinsky