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Women in sports : 50 fearless athletes who played to win / written and illustrated by Rachel Ignotofsky.

Ignotofsky, Rachel, 1989- (author.).

Summary:

"Illustrated profiles of fifty pioneering female athletes, from the author of the New York Times bestseller Women in Science. A charmingly illustrated and inspiring book, Women in Sports highlights the achievements and stories of fifty notable women athletes--from well-known figures like tennis player Billie Jean King and gymnast Simone Biles, to lesser-known athletes like skateboarding pioneer Patti McGee and Toni Stone, the first woman to play baseball in a men's professional league. Covering more than forty sports, this fascinating collection also contains infographics about notable women's teams throughout history, pay and media statistics for female athletes, and muscle anatomy. Women in Sports celebrates the success of the tough, bold, and fearless women who paved the way for the next generation of athletes"-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

ISBN: 9781607749783
ISBN: 1607749785
Physical Description: 127 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: California ; Ten Speed Press, an imprint of the Crown Publishing Group, [2017]
Copyright: ©2017

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 122-125) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Timeline -- Madge Syers (1881-1917) -- Tiny Broadwick (1893-1978) -- Bobbie Rosenfeld (1904-1969) -- Gertrude Ederle (1905-2003) -- Aileen Riggin (1906-2002) -- Babe Didrikson Zaharias (1911-1956) -- Keiko Fukuda (1913-2013) -- Marion Ladewig (1914-2010) -- Toni Stone (1921-1996) -- Althea Gibson (1927-2003) -- Ann Calvello (1929-2006) -- Beryl Burton (1937-1996) -- Sue Sally Hale (1937-2003) -- Junko Tabei (1939-2016) -- Wilma Rudolph (1940-1994) -- Muscle anatomy -- Jody Conradt (1941- ) -- Billie Jean King (1943- ) -- Patti McGee (1945- ) -- Anita Defrantz (1952- ) -- Flo Hyman (1954-1986) -- Susan Butcher (1954-2006) -- Bev Francis (1955- ) -- Nadia Comǎneci (1961- ) -- Jackie Joyner-Kersee (1962- ) -- Julie Krone (1963- ) -- Bonnie Blair (1964- ) -- Violet Palmer (1964- ) -- Pay and media statistics -- Anjali Bhagwat (1969- ) -- Chantal Petitclerc (1969- ) -- Kim Soo-Nyung (1971- ) -- Kristi Yamaguchi (1971- ) -- Layne Beachley (1972- ) -- Mia Hamm (1972- ) -- Lisa Leslie (1972- ) -- Manon Rhéaume (1972- ) -- Deng Yaping (1973- ) -- Valentina Vezzali (1974- ) -- Ellen Macarthur (1976- ) -- Influential sports teams -- Melissa Stockwell (1980- ) -- Serena Williams (1981- ) -- Danica Patrick (1982- ) -- Nicola Adams (1982- ) -- Mithali Raj (1982- ) -- Kelly Clark (1983- ) -- Lindsey Vonn (1984- ) -- Ronda Rousey (1987- ) -- Ashley Fiolek (1990- ) -- Mariana Pajón (1991- ) -- Katie Ledecky (1997- ) -- Simone Biles (1997- ) -- More women in sports.