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Women in sports 50 fearless athletes who played to win

"Illustrated profiles of fifty pioneering female athletes, from the author of the New York Times bestseller Women in Science. A charmingly illustrated and inspiring book, Women in Sports highlights the achievements and stories of fifty notable women athletes--from well-known figures like tennis play...

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Main Author: Ignotofsky, Rachel, 1989- (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: California : Ten Speed Press, an imprint of the Crown Publishing Group, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, New York, [2017]
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Women athletes > Biography > Juvenile nonfiction.
Juvenile works.
History > Juvenile nonfiction.
Biographies > Juvenile.
Illustrated works > Juvenile.
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Table of Contents:
  • Timeline
  • Madge Syers (1881-1917)
  • Tiny Broadwick (1893-1978)
  • Bobbie Rosenfeld (1904-1969)
  • Gertrude Ederle (1905-2003)
  • Aileen Riggin (1906-2002)
  • Babe Didrikson Zaharias (1911-1956)
  • Keiko Fukuda (1913-2013)
  • Marion Ladewig (1914-2010)
  • Toni Stone (1921-1996)
  • Althea Gibson (1927-2003)
  • Ann Calvello (1929-2006)
  • Beryl Burton (1937-1996)
  • Sue Sally Hale (1937-2003)
  • Junko Tabei (1939-2016)
  • Wilma Rudolph (1940-1994)
  • Muscle anatomy
  • Jody Conradt (1941- )
  • Billie Jean King (1943- )
  • Patti McGee (1945- )
  • Anita Defrantz (1952- )
  • Flo Hyman (1954-1986)
  • Susan Butcher (1954-2006)
  • Bev Francis (1955- )
  • Nadia Comǎneci (1961- )
  • Jackie Joyner-Kersee (1962- )
  • Julie Krone (1963- )
  • Bonnie Blair (1964- )
  • Violet Palmer (1964- )
  • Pay and media statistics
  • Anjali Bhagwat (1969- )
  • Chantal Petitclerc (1969- )
  • Kim Soo-Nyung (1971- )
  • Kristi Yamaguchi (1971- )
  • Layne Beachley (1972- )
  • Mia Hamm (1972- )
  • Lisa Leslie (1972- )
  • Manon Rhéaume (1972- )
  • Deng Yaping (1973- )
  • Valentina Vezzali (1974- )
  • Ellen Macarthur (1976- )
  • Influential sports teams
  • Melissa Stockwell (1980- )
  • Serena Williams (1981- )
  • Danica Patrick (1982- )
  • Nicola Adams (1982- )
  • Mithali Raj (1982- )
  • Kelly Clark (1983- )
  • Lindsey Vonn (1984- )
  • Ronda Rousey (1987- )
  • Ashley Fiolek (1990- )
  • Mariana Pajón (1991- )
  • Katie Ledecky (1997- )
  • Simone Biles (1997- )
  • More women in sports.

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