Ladies first
Subtitle: women athletes who made a difference
By: Ken Rappoport
Edition: 1st trade pbk. ed.
Publisher: Peachtree
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Atlanta
Language: eng
Number of pages: 146
ISBN-13: 9781561455348
Copyright date: 2005
Subjects: Women athletes; Biography; Juvenile literature; Sports for women; History
Description: Presents profiles describing how women athletes not only made a lasting impact on their sport but also on society by overcoming discrimination against their gender, and sometimes their race, and by challenging popular misconceptions about women and sports.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references pages (145-146).
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Gertrude Ederle, "against all odds"; title: Babe Didrikson Zaharias, "The Other Babe"; title: Susan Butcher, "The Magnificent Musher"; title: Julie Krone, "The Horse Whisperer"; title: Wilma Rudolph, "The Clarksville Comet"; title: Althea Gibson, "The Jackie Robinson of Tennis"; title: Joan Benoit Samuelson, "Marathon Woman"; title: Sonya Henie, "The Ice Queen"; title: Billie Jean King, "serving one up for women's rights"; title: Shirley Muldowney, "driving into history"; title: Nadia Comaneci, "The Perfect Gymnast"; title: Manon Rheaume, "Manon the Warrior"; title: All-American redheads "a team of their own"; title: Conclusion.