Contains alphabetically arranged entries that provide biographical and career information on over 150 American women athletes who have made significant contributions to their sports, and includes a general bibliography, and photographs.
General Note
Women included: Valerie Ackerman, Michelle Akers, Tenley Albright, Laila Ali, Lisa Andersen, Evelyn Ashford, Tracy Austin, Shirley Babashoff, Sybil Bauer, Judy Bell, Senda Berenson, Patty Berg, Bonnie Blair, Susan Butcher, Mary Carillo, Tracy Caulkins, Florence Chadwick, Willa McGuire Cook, Cynthia Cooper, Mary Decker Slaney, Gail Devers, Jean Driscoll, Teresa Edwards, Janet Evans, Chris Evert, Peggy Fleming, Althae Gibson, Janet Guthrie, Dorothy Hamill, Mia Hamm, Lynn Hill, Eleanor Holm, Sarah Huges, Juli Inkster, Nell Jackson, Lynn Jennings, Marion Jones, Jackie Joyner-Kersee, Nancy Kerrigan, Billie Jean King, Nina Kuscsik, Michelle Kwan, Andrea Mead Lawrence, Tara Lipinski, Melissa Ludtke, Pat McCormick, Mary Terstegge Meagher, Jackie Mitchell, Elisabeth Moore, Margaret Murdoch, Diana Nyad, Annie Oakley, Betsy Rawls, Dot Richardson, Dawn Riley, Robin Roberts, Lyn St. James, Tricia Saunders, Eva Shain, Dawn Staley, Toni Stone, Kerri Strug, Katherine Switzer, Sheryl Swoopes, Wyomia Tyrus, Margaret Wade, Ora Washington, Nera White, Esther Williams, Helen Wills, Llynette Woodard, Mickey Wright, Kristi Yamaguchi, Sheila Young.