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Title:

Nike is a goddess : the history of women in sports / edited by Lissa Smith.

Publisher:

Hi Marketing,
Hi Marketing,

Copyright Date:

2001

Description:

352 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Sports for women--United States.
Women athletes--United States--History.
Sports for women--United States--History.
Sports for women--Social aspects--United States.

Other Authors:

Smith, Lissa.

Contents:

Conclusion: a seismic shift in the culture / Lucy Danziger. Track and field -- Somewhere to run / Kathleen McElroy -- Baseball and softball -- Swinging for the fences / Amy Ellis Nutt -- Tennis -- Net profits / Grace Lichtenstein -- Golf -- Selling their game / Melanie Hauser -- Canoeing, kayaking, rowing, and sailing -- Women on the water / Anna Seaton Huntington -- Skiing -- Rhapsody in white / Jean Weiss -- Figure skating -- Gaining an edge / Michelle Kaufman -- Swimming -- From gold spangles to gold medals / Karen Karbo -- Equestrian sports -- Highest risks for the boldest of athletes / Jackie C. Burke -- Gymnastics -- Battle against time and gravity / Jane Leavy -- Soccer -- From the suburbs to the sports arenas / Elise Pettus -- Ice hockey -- In from the cold / Barbara Stewart -- Basketball -- Not quite the game intended / Shelley Smith -- Conclusion: a seismic shift in the culture / Lucy Danziger.

ISBN:

9780871137616
0871137615

OCLC:

(OCoLC)45327506

Locations:

SOAX911 -- Simpson College - Dunn Library (Indianola)

O3AX572 -- Cornell College - Russell D. Cole Library (Mount Vernon)

OTAX626 -- Wilcox Library (Oskaloosa)

HWAX074 -- Hawkeye Community College Library (Waterloo)