| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
xix, 331 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Track and field : somewhere to run / Kathleen McElroy -- Baseball and softball : swinging for the fences / Amy Ellis Nutt -- Tennis : net profits / Grace Lichtenstein -- Golf : selling their game / Melanie Hauser -- Canoeing, kayaking, rowing, and sailing : women on the water / Anna Seaton Huntington -- Skiing : rhapsody in white / Jean Weiss -- Figure skating : gaining an edge / Michelle Kaufman -- Swimming : from gold spangles to gold medals / Karen Karbo -- Equestrian sports : the highest risks for the boldest of athletes / Jackie C. Burke -- Gymnastics : the battle against time and gravity / Jane Leavy -- Soccer : from the suburbs to the sports arenas / Elise Pettus -- Ice hockey : in from the cold / Barbara Stewart -- Basketball : not quite the game intended / Shelley Smith -- Conclusion : a seismic shift in the culture / Lucy Danziger. |
| Subject |
Sports for women -- United States -- History.
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Sports for women -- Social aspects -- United States.
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Women athletes -- United States -- History.
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| Added Author |
Smith, Lissa.
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| ISBN |
0871137267 |
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0871137615 |
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