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Author Rappoport, Ken.

Title Ladies first : women athletes who made a difference / Ken Rappoport.

Publication Info. Atlanta : Peachtree, [2005]
©2005

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Location Call No. Status
 Manchester, Main Library - Children's Department  J 796.082 RAPPOPORT    Check Shelf
Edition First edition.
Description 146 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [145]-146).
Contents Introduction -- Gertrude Ederle, "against all odds" -- Babe Didrikson Zaharias, "The Other Babe" -- Susan Butcher, "The Magnificent Musher" -- Julie Krone, "The Horse Whisperer" -- Shirley Muldowney, "driving into history" -- Billie Jean King, "serving one up for women's rights" -- Wilma Rudolph, "The Clarksville Comet" -- Joan Benoit Samuelson, "Marathon Woman" -- Sonya Henie, "The Ice Queen" -- Althea Gibson, "The Jackie Robinson of Tennis" -- Nadia Comaneci, "The Perfect Gymnast" -- Manon Rheaume, "Manon the Warrior" -- All American redheads "a team of their own" -- Conclusion.
Study Program Accelerated Reader AR MG 5.7 4.0 105489.
Subject Women athletes -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Sports for women -- History -- Juvenile literature.
Women athletes.
Sports for women.
ISBN 1561453382
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