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:
Profiles twelve women athletes of the twentieth century including Wilma Rudolph, Nadia Comaneci, Babe Didrickson Zaharias, Gertrude Ederle, and others, and describes how they overcame gender and sometimes race discrimination and demonstrated their extraordinary skill and dedication.
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