Women in Sports: The Complete Book on the Worlds Greatest Female Athletes
by By Layden, Joseph
Category: Sports & Recreation , General

Profiles the lives and careers of gifted and successful athletes who helped to advance the cause of women's sports. Included are pioneers such as Babe Didrikson Zaharias and Althea Gibson as well as modern superstars such as Martina Navratilova, Steffi Graf and Jackie Joyner- Kersee. An attractive book for a general audience. Includes many photographs. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.