| Description |
288 pages : illustrations ; 25cm. |
| Series |
Extraordinary people |
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Extraordinary people.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 276-278) and index. |
| Summary |
Presents brief biographies of nearly fifty women athletes from the twentieth century, including Ora Washington, Althea Gibson, Tenley Albright, Wilma Rudolph, Chris Evert, Nancy Lopez Knight, Jackie Joiner-Kersee, and Janet Evans. |
| Contents |
Women athletes from ancient times to 1896 -- Women in sports: the few, the determined, the pioneers -- Annie Smith Peck -- Ora Washington -- Helen Wills Moody -- Gertrude Ederle -- Sonja Henie -- Mildred (Babe) Didrikson Zaharias -- Patty Berg -- Toni Stone -- Althea Gibson -- Patricia Keller McCormick -- Larissa Latynina -- Tenley Albright -- Kathy Whitworth -- Wilma Rudolph -- Jody Conradt -- Margaret Smith Court -- Girls of Summer, All-American girls baseball league -- Billie Jean King -- Battle of the sexes -- Peggy Fleming -- Sheila Young -- Anita DeFrantz -- Chris Evert -- Olga Korbut -- Martina Navratilova -- Nancy Lopez Knight -- Joan Benoit Samuelson -- Nancy Lieberman-Cline -- Florence Griffith Joyner -- Nadia Comaneci -- Jackie Joyner-Kersee -- Paula Newby-Fraser -- Tracy Caulkins -- Cynthia Cooper -- Shooting stars: Women in basketball today -- Bonnie Blair -- Katarina Witt -- Silken Laumann -- Gail Devers -- Steffi Graf -- Myriam Bedard -- Janet Evans -- Kristi Yamaguchi -- Manon Rheaume -- Mia Hamm -- This is my game, this is my future, watch me play -- Marion Jones -- Shannon Miller -- Martina Hingis -- Play-by-play: women in sportscasting -- 66 other extraordinary women athletes -- Organizations and on-line sites. |
| Study Program |
Accelerated Reader AR UG 9.1 13.0 54559. |
| Subject |
Women athletes -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
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Athletes.
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Women -- Biography.
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| ISBN |
0516216082 |
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