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01968aam a2200325I 4500 001 4A075E2EBD9611E0AFB691B06AFF544E 003 SILO 005 20110803010117 008 091005t20102005gaua b 000 0ceng d 020 $a 1561455342 (pbk.) 020 $a 9781561455348 (pbk.) 035 $a (OCoLC)449882839 040 $a BTCTA $c BTCTA $d SILO $d IWP $d SILO 100 1 $a Rappoport, Ken. 245 1 $a Ladies first : $b women athletes who made a difference / $c Ken Rappoport. 250 $a 1st trade pbk. ed. 260 $a Atlanta : $b Peachtree, $c 2010, 2005. 300 $a 146 p. : $b ill. ; $c 22 cm. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references p. ([145]-146). 505 0 $a 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. 520 $a 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. 650 0 $a Women athletes $v Biography $x Juvenile literature. 650 0 $a Sports for women $x Juvenile literature. $x Juvenile literature. 941 $a 4 952 $l LAPH975 $d 20200528044304.0 952 $l AXPF626 $d 20170718010351.0 952 $l GUPF501 $d 20161011015003.0 952 $l SAPG074 $d 20160202051149.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=4A075E2EBD9611E0AFB691B06AFF544E 994 $a C0 $b IWPInitiate Another SILO Locator Search