What is 1911 England–Holland women's fencing competitions?
{{Infobox sports competition event | event = 1911 England–Holland women's fencing competitions | competition = | image = | alt = | caption = | venue = [[Bertrands Fencing Academy]] | location = Warwick Street, [[London]], United Kingdom | dates = 16 and 17 March 1911 | competitors = 12 | nations = 2 | teams = 2 | previous = [[1910 England–Belgium women's fencing competition|1910 England–Belgium]] }} The '''1911 England–Holland women's fencing competitions''' were international [[fencing]] competition of British fencers against fencers of ''Salle De Vos'', [[The Hague]] the Netherlands who visited London from 16-20 March 1911. The main reason for their visit was competition on 17 March organized as a celebration that fencing master [[D. Dreese]] who had been associated with [[Bertrands Fencing Academy]] for 20 years. During these four days, the competitions took place at the [[Bertrands Fencing Academy]] located at the ''Warwick Street'' in London, the United Kingdom.<ref name=AlgemeenHandelsblad /><ref>{{cite web|url=https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=MMKB27:017857080:mpeg21:a00080 |title=Schermen.|work= [[De Avondpost]] |date=21 March 1911|via=[[Delpher]]|access-date=1 August 2022|language=nl}}</ref><ref name=NieuweCourant>{{cite web|url= https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=MMKB15:000778136:mpeg21:a00013 |title= Damesmatch Engeland-Holland.|work= [[De nieuwe courant]] |date=21 March 1911|via=[[Delpher]]|access-date=1 August 2022|language=nl}}</ref> ==Background== While fencing was already practiced by women during the 19th century,<ref>{{cite book |last1=Bergès |first1=Alexandre |title=L'Escrime et la femme |url=https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k110826v |via=[[Bibliothèque nationale de France]]|place=Paris |date=1896|editor=Désirée Benoist |language=fr}}</ref> fencing was in this era a male-dominated sport.<ref name=Terret/> Women's fencing was introduced in 1924 at the [[Summer Olympics]].<ref name=Terret>{{cite journal |last