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-- Wilma Rudolphc2010., Primary, Enslow Elementary Call No: B Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Amazing AmericansSummary Note: An entry-level biography that describes how Wilma Rudolph overcame childhood polio and competed in the Olympics.
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2021., Juvenile, Philomel Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC Call No: Biography JOYNER Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "A chapter book biography of Florence Griffith Joyner, part of the She Persisted series"--
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[2018], Primary, Nancy Paulsen Books Call No: B Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: When Bobbi Gibb saw the Boston Marathon her mind was set---she had to be part of it. This picture book tells the true story of how she broke the rules in 1966, and through grit and determination, changed the world.
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[2018], Primary, Nancy Paulsen Books Call No: B Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: When Bobbi Gibb saw the Boston Marathon her mind was set---she had to be part of it. This picture book tells the true story of how she broke the rules in 1966, and through grit and determination, changed the world.
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[2018], Juvenile, Nancy Paulsen Books Call No: Biography GIBB Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Presents an illustrated biography of the first woman to run the Boston Marathon, Bobbi Gibb. Describes how in 1966, when it was considered dangerous for women to run that distance, Gibb snuck into the race to prove everyone wrong--receiving recognition from athletes and politicians alike, and inspiring millions of women to participate in long-distance running.
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[2017], Primary, Compendium, Inc. Call No: B Gib Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: When Bobbi Gibb saw the Boston Marathon her mind was set--she had to be part of it. This picture book tells the true story of how she broke the rules in 1966, and through grit and determination, changed the world.
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[2017], Primary, Compendium, Inc. Call No: B Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: When Bobbi Gibb saw the Boston Marathon her mind was set--she had to be part of it. This picture book tells the true story of how she broke the rules in 1966, and through grit and determination, changed the world.
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2019., Juvenile, Page Street Kids Call No: B Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to watch Summary Note: Presents a biography of Kathrine Switzer, the American marathon runner who in 1967 became the first woman to compete as a numbered entrant in the Boston Marathon.
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[2020]., Primary, Akashic Books Call No: B Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Text and illustrations look at the life of six-time Jamaican track and field sprinter, Shelly Ann Fraser Pryce.
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2000., The Millbrook Press, Inc. Call No: 796.42 Rut Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Marion Jones is an expert on the highs and lows of life, both in and out of sports. She overcame personal heartache and defied injuries, the experts, and the odds in her quest to be the best...and ended up being a champion in two sports.
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2019., Juvenile, Farrar Straus Giroux Call No: HI-INT B WIL Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "The untold true story of runner Maureen Wilton, whose world record-breaking marathon time at age thirteen was met first with misogyny and controversy, but ultimately with triumph"--Provided by the publisher.
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2019., Juvenile, Farrar Straus Giroux Call No: B Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "The untold true story of runner Maureen Wilton, whose world record-breaking marathon time at age thirteen was met first with misogyny and controversy, but ultimately with triumph"--Provided by the publisher.
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c1998., Free Press Call No: Sports Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Leslie Heywood discusses how her athletic career almost killed her and offers suggestions on how to make athletics safer for women today than it was when she was younger.
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[2024]., Norton Young Readers, an imprint of W.W. Norton & Company Call No: B Edition: Young Readers edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "In this memoir for young readers, Olympic champion runner Caster Semenya reflects on her groundbreaking career and her fight for identity in professional sports. Caster Semenya is a two-time Olympic gold medalist and a three-time world champion in track from South Africa. Since her first spectacular performance at the 2009 World Championship in Berlin, she has been at the center of a growing debate about female eligibility rules in professional athletics because of her naturally high testosterone levels. After she was forced to take devastating hormone-altering drugs in order to continue competing, this debate has moved to center stage in the future of inclusivity for professional athletes. In this middle grade adaptation of her debut adult memoir, Caster recounts her childhood growing up in a small village in South Africa, the love for and acceptance of her identity from her community, and her trailblazing fight for the right to compete in professional sports. The Race to Be Myself is an illuminating and necessary story of identity and self-acceptance that will resonate with young readers"--Publisher's website.
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[2023]., W.W. Norton & Co. Call No: MEMOIR NF SEM Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "Olympian and World Champion Caster Semenya is finally ready to share the vivid and heartbreaking story of how the world came to know her name. Thrust into the spotlight at just eighteen years old after winning the Berlin World Championships in 2009, Semenya's win was quickly overshadowed by criticism and speculation about her body, and she became the center of a still-raging firestorm about how gender plays out in sports, our expectations of female athletes, and the right to compete as you are"--Provided by publisher.
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[2023]., W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. Call No: B SEM Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Olympian and World Champion Caster Semenya is finally ready to share the vivid and heartbreaking story of how the world came to know her name. Thrust into the spotlight at just eighteen years old after winning the Berlin World Championships in 2009, Semenya's win was quickly overshadowed by criticism and speculation about her body, and she became the center of a still-raging firestorm about how gender plays out in sports, our expectations of female athletes, and the right to compete as you are.
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c2004., Pre-adolescent, Raintree Call No: B RUDOLPH Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: African American biographies (Chicago, Ill.)Summary Note: Profiles Wilma Rudolph, a sickly child born to a poor family in rural Tennessee who went on to become a world famous, record-breaking, Olympic track star.
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Call No: 796.42 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Wilma Rudolph wanted to run and jump like other children, but she had a serious disease that kept her leg from growing well. She did not give up and went on to one day win Olympic gold medals.
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By Leed, PercyCall No: Biography RUDOLPH Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Sprinter Wilma Rudolph's life was defined by epic triumphs on and off the track. As a child, Rudolph suffered from polio, but later became the first US woman to win three gold medals in track and field at an Olympics. Learn all about this inspirational athlete!
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By Leed, Percy2021., Lerner Publications Call No: 796.42 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Sprinter Wilma Rudolph's life was defined by epic triumphs on and off the track. As a child, Rudolph suffered from polio, but later became the first US woman to win three gold medals in track and field at an Olympics. Learn all about this inspirational athlete!
