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Title:

Nike is a goddess : the history of women in sports / edited by Lissa Smith ; introduction by Mariah Burton Nelson.

Edition:

1st pbk. ed.

Publisher:

Atlantic Monthly Press,

Copyright Date:

1999?, c1998

Description:

xix, 331 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Subject:

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

Other Authors:

Smith, Lissa.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Contents:

Conclusion : a seismic shift in the culture / Lucy Danziger. 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 : the highest risks for the boldest of athletes / Jackie C. Burke -- Gymnastics : the 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

Locations:

HWAX074 -- Hawkeye Community College Library (Waterloo)