Presents brief biographies of nearly fifty women athletes from the twentieth century, including Ora Washington, Althea Gibson, Tenley Albright, Wilma Rudolph, Chris Evert, Nancy Lopez Knight, Jackie Joiner-Kersee, and Janet Evans.
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Includes index.
Content Note
Women athletes from ancient times to 1896 -- Women in sports: the few, the determined, the pioneers -- Annie Smith Peck -- Ora Washington -- Helen Wills Moody -- Gertrude Ederle -- Sonja Henie -- Mildred (Babe) Didrikson Zaharias -- Patty Berg -- Toni Stone -- Althea Gibson -- Patricia Keller McCormick -- Larissa Latynina -- Tenley Albright -- Kathy Whitworth -- Wilma Rudolph -- Jody Conradt -- Margaret Smith Court -- Girls of Summer, All-American girls baseball league -- Billie Jean King -- Battle of the sexes -- Peggy Fleming -- Sheila Young -- Anita DeFrantz -- Chris Evert -- Olga Korbut -- Martina Navratilova -- Nancy Lopez Knight -- Joan Benoit Samuelson -- Nancy Lieberman-Cline -- Florence Griffith Joyner -- Nadia Comaneci -- Jackie Joyner-Kersee -- Paula Newby-Fraser -- Tracy Caulkins -- Cynthia Cooper -- Shooting stars: Women in basketball today -- Bonnie Blair -- Katarina Witt -- Silken Laumann -- Gail Devers -- Steffi Graf -- Myriam Bedard -- Janet Evans -- Kristi Yamaguchi -- Manon Rheaume -- Mia Hamm -- This is my game, this is my future, watch me play -- Marion Jones -- Shannon Miller -- Martina Hingis -- Play-by-play: women in sportscasting -- 66 other extraordinary women athletes -- Organizations and on-line sites.