Women in Sports highlights the achievements and stories of fifty notable women athletes from the 1800s to today, including trailblazers, Olympians, and record-breakers in more than forty sports. The athletes featured include well-known...
Women athletes
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Author:Ignotofsky, RachelSummary: - Author:Checketts, CamiSummary:
A broken football star becomes the trainer to an elite female athlete who can't decide if she should tell off the flirty billionaire or fall in love with him.
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Author:Gao, YunxiangSummary:Sporting Gender is the first book to explore the rise to fame of female athletes in China in the early twentieth century. Gao shows how these women coped with the conflicting demands of nationalist causes, unwanted male attention, and...
- Author:Clinton, ChelseaSummary:
From Chelsea Clinton and Alexandra Boiger, the #1 New York Times bestselling team behind She Persisted , comes a new book featuring women athletes who overcame and inspired?just in time for the Olympics! Throughout history, women have...
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Author:Demers, Guylaine, Greaves, Lorraine, Kirby, Sandra, Lay, MarionSummary:Over the last 50 years, the struggles to achieve equity in sport have become central to the feminist mission. This book contains an inspiring collection of stories from the women on the front lines: athletes, coaches, educators, and...
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Author:Etue, Elizabeth, Wiliams, Megan K.Summary:Using personal accounts from star players, interviews with sport insiders and striking photographs, On the Edge provides a dramatic look into the business and politics of women's hockey.
- Author:Day, ZuriSummary:
The eldest of the Morgan brothers, confirmed bachelor and sports-management hotshot Michael, has a newest client, Shayna Washington, a record-breaking sprinter whose fleet feet are outpaced only by her ravishing looks. But when Shayna's...
- Author:Irwin, SueSummary:
This book highlights the achievements of Canadian women sports stars - the role models of today's young female athletes. They fought for the right to compete in sports traditionally dominated by men and proved that women's sports are...
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Author:Dublin, AnneSummary:Sportswriters and broadcasters in this country agree that Bobbie Rosenfeld may be Canada's greatest female athlete of the twentieth century. A Sports Hall of Famer, Bobbie was born in 1904 in a small Russian town and came to Canada with...
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Author:Bryant, JillSummary:Women's Hall of Fame Series explores the contributions and achievements of women around the world. Each book focuses on a specific area of endeavour. This collection features ten women athletes from around the world, including largely...
