Title: A kind of grace :
Authors: Rapoport, Ron.; Garber, Mary,
Date: 1994
Publisher: Zenobia Press,
Physical description: 385 p. ; 23 cm.
Language: English
LC classification: G
Contents: Pioneers / J.E. Vader -- Women's old images fading rapidly / Jane Gross -- Female sportswriter finally rocks the boat / Kristen Huckshorn -- Donna Lopiano and the art of reform / Johnette Howard -- Real trouble with Sports Illustrated's swimsuit issue is not the photos / J.E. Vader -- Great Olympics gender bender hunt / Mary Jollimore -- Delicate balance / Linda Robertson -- Mary Bacon loses her final race / Joan Ryan -- Fight of Heather Farr's life / Betty Cuniberti -- Victims of obsession / Karen Crouse -- Zola Budd: on the run no more / Julie Cart -- Fighting the whispers / Ann Killon -- Battle with Bulimia tarnishes Cohen's golden world / Suzanne Halliburton -- Sarajevo: hearts of gold in a sea of gray / Jane Leavy -- Out of Bosnia: òur tennis courts are now a graveyard' / Karen rosen -- Prospects warned about the dangers of life / Claire Smith -- Runner's story: why did Kathy Ormsby jump off that bridge? / Sharon Robb -- Tonya Harding: skating on the edge / Michelle Kaufman -- Cross country to memory's finish line / Rachel Blount -- For John and Debbie Lucas, the demons are never far away / Helen Ross -- Lady in the white silk dress / Sarah Ballard -- A dodo in name only / Jill Lieber -- Gorgeous Gussie' holds on to less-than-glamorous life / Melissa Isaacson --Navritilova and tennis: a simply perfect match / Sally Jenkins -- Reliving the battle of the sexes / Janis Carr -- Jennifer Capriati's helping hands / Kelly Carter -- Driving force / Jackie MacMullan -- Inside baseball: the passion of Sharon Jones / Ann Killion. Coaching women : just whose job is it? / Johnette Howard -- Angels' Jackie Autry increasingly taking reins from cowboy / Robin Norwood -- A gift for Vivian Stringer / Ailene Voisin -- Riding instructor / Pohla Smith -- Theresa Grentz and the search for Olympic gold / Diane Pucin -- Mike Boyd's field of dreamers / Elizabeth M. Cosin -- Lynette Woodard: from blacktop to desktop / Jo-ann Barnas -- Out of America / Linda Robertson -- Pride of East St. Louis / Toni Ginnetti -- Beating the odds and foe after foe / Cindy Martinez Rhodes -- Why aren't women racing at Indy? Janet Guthrie knows / Tracy Dodds -- Scouts' honor / Amy Niedzielka -- Memories of Iowa's cherished six-girl game / Jane Burns -- Pam Minick: inexorably tied to roping / Cathy Harasta -- Life on the fly / Laura Vecsey -- Richly rewarded / Barbara Baker -- Peggy Schlater's foreign policy / Cathy Breitenbucher -- Joyner-Kersee beat a tough start / Mike Turner -- Most intimidating game of all / Lesley Visser -- My gold, my self / Christine Brennan -- My mother, my rival / Mariah Burton Nelson, Ms. -- Girls basketball: tears of grief and pride / Jacqui Banaszynski -- Lady buffs are finally getting their due / Donna Carter -- Trying out / Michelle Himmelberg -- Lady who rode like a man / Maryjean Wall -- Jersey belles / Jenny Kellner -- A team player / Patricia Rodriguez -- Liberman loves game in spite of all the pain / Melissa Isaacson -- All dressed up and nowhere to goalie / Rose DiManno -- This fairy tale ends 1-16 / Cindy Martinez Rhodes -- A damnable defense / Sonja Steptoe -- No news is bad news / Shelley Smith -- No Super Sunday for battered women / Joan Ryan -- I've seen more flesh on the M1 roadworks! / Liz Kahn -- Two bitter slices of life / Mary Barker -- Oh, no! Not another boring interview with Steve Carlton / Diane K. Shah -- Hey guys, how about just saying no? / Susan Fornoff. Lithuanian legend / Jackie Krentzman --AWOL tackle puts family first / Melanie Hauser -- An emotional goodbye to Chucky / Lynn Zinser -- A.C. Green and the abstinence rap / Helen Elliott -- Coach dad / Sally Ann Michalov -- Cannon is quiet / Maryann Hudson -- A fine whine / Mary Schmitt -- Women and children are not admitted to the press box / Mary Garber.
Subject headings (LCSH): Sex discrimination against women--History--20th century.; Sports for women; Sports for women--History--20th century.; Sports journalism; Sportswriters.; Women athletes; Women athletes--Biography.; Women sportswriters--United States--Biography.; Women sportswriters.