Description |
xix, 331 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. |
Contents |
Who we might become / Mariah Burton Nelson -- Track and field -- Somewhere to run / Kathleen McElroy -- Baseball and softball -- Swinging for the fences / Amy Ellis Nutt -- Tennis -- Net profits / Grace Lichtenstein -- Golf -- Selling their game / Melanie Hauser -- Canoeing, kayaking, rowing, and sailing -- Women on the water / Anna Seaton Huntington -- Skiing -- Rhapsody in white / Jean Weiss -- Figure skating -- Gaining an edge / Michelle Kaufman -- Swimming -- From gold spangles to gold medals / Karen Karbo -- Equestrian sports -- Highest risks for the boldest of athletes / Jackie C. Burke -- Gymnastics -- Battle against time and gravity / Jane Leavy -- Soccer -- From the suburbs to the sports arenas / Elise Pettus -- Ice hockey -- In from the cold / Barbara Stewart -- Basketball -- Not quite the game intended / Shelley Smith -- Seismic shift in the culture / Lucy Danziger. |
Subject |
Sports for women -- United States -- History.
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Sports for women -- Social aspects.
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Women athletes -- United States -- History.
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Added Author |
Smith, Lissa, 1953-
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ISBN |
0871137615 (pbk.) |
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9780871137616 |
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0871137267 |
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9780871137265 |
Standard No. |
UKM bA0V5450 |
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