Each told sportswomen's, as distinct from sport power's, personal story. Sportswomen take themselves seriously enough today to tell their stories out loud. It's time for the rest of us to listen. Across that line lie women's rights to be fully who we are and to tell it like it is. Don't bet against us.
Sportswomen are athletes, trained to succeed.
We're ready to do whatever it takes. A passionate tribute to the power of sport in women's lives. From Elizabeth Cady Stanton on bicycling to Anna Seaton Huntington on rowing, the first anthology of women's personal essays on sports. With edge, passion, and depth, Whatever It Takes demonstrates the enormous importance of sports for girls and women. The contributors, including world-class athletes and celebrated writers from Mariah Burton Nelson and Grace Butcher to Diane Ackerman and Maxine Kumin, tackle traditional favorites such as basketball and softball as well as more exotic sports from boxing and motorcycle racing to rock climbing.