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Author:

Rappoport, Ken.

Title:

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

Edition:

1st trade pbk. ed.

Publisher:

Peachtree,

Copyright Date:

2010, 2005

Description:

146 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.

Subject:

Women athletes--Biography--Juvenile literature.
Sports for women--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references p. ([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" -- Wilma Rudolph, "The Clarksville Comet" -- Althea Gibson, "The Jackie Robinson of Tennis" -- Joan Benoit Samuelson, "Marathon Woman" -- Sonya Henie, "The Ice Queen" -- Billie Jean King, "serving one up for women's rights" -- Shirley Muldowney, "driving into history" -- Nadia Comaneci, "The Perfect Gymnast" -- Manon Rheaume, "Manon the Warrior" -- All-American redheads "a team of their own" -- Conclusion.

Summary:

Presents profiles describing how women athletes not only made a lasting impact on their sport but also on society by overcoming discrimination against their gender, and sometimes their race, and by challenging popular misconceptions about women and sports.

ISBN:

1561455342 (pbk.)
9781561455348 (pbk.)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)449882839

Locations:

SAPG074 -- Cedar Falls Public Library (Cedar Falls)

GUPF501 -- Newton Public Library (Newton)

AXPF626 -- Oskaloosa Public Library (Oskaloosa)

LAPH975 -- Sioux City Public Library (Sioux City)