Outstanding Women Athletes: Who They Are and How They Influenced Sports in America, Second Edition (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781573561204)

DescriptionA unique combination of history, biography, bibliography, and statistics, the widely acclaimed first edition of Outstanding Women Athletes has now been updated to reflect the many significant changes that have taken place in women's sports in America in recent years. Now added are the biographies of 26 sports figures who have recently emerged as role models in traditional women's sports such as tennis and figure skating as well as in sports that historically excluded women such as mountain climbing, bullfighting, and boxing. Also new is a chapter profiling 10 women's championship teams, including each organization's history, brief biographies of 200 selected team members, and major team achievements.

Author: Janet Woolum
ISBN-10: 1573561207
ISBN-13: 9781573561204
Publisher: Greenwood
Language: English
Published: 06/05/1998
Pages: 424
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 2.47lbs
Size: 10.28h x 7.40w x 1.25d

Review Citation(s):
Library Journal 07/01/1998 pg. 83
School Library Journal 11/01/1998 pg. 159
American Reference Bks Annual 01/01/1999 pg. 295
Booklist 09/01/2000 pg. 171
Booklist 09/01/1998