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Outstanding Women Athletes: Who They Are and How They Influenced Sports in America
By Janet Woolum
428 pages
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- Oryx Press
- Place of publication:
- Phoenix, AZ
- Publication year:
- 1998
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- 2nd
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Synopsis
Sixty athletes are profiled, arranged in 19 sports categories. Supplementary material includes an annotated bibliography listed by sport, a directory of organizations and foundations that promote women's sports in the US, and lists of Olympic medalists. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.Related books and articles at Questia
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Table of contents
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- Title Page i
- Contents v
- Foreword vii
- Preface ix
- Acknowledgments xii
- Part I - History of Women's Sports 1
- Chapter 1 - Women in American Sports 3
- Chapter 2 - Women in the Olympics 35
- Part II - Biographies and Teams 75
- Chapter 3 - Outstanding Women Athletes Who Influenced American Sports 86
- Chapter 4 - Outstanding Women's Teams 252
- Part III - Basic Resources 309
- Chapter 5 - Selected Bibliography 311
- Chapter 6 - Directory of Organizations 322
- Part IV - Appendixes 331
- Appendix A - Olympic Gold Medalists 333
- Title Page i
- Contents v
- Foreword vii
- Preface ix
- Acknowledgments xii
- Part I - History of Women's Sports 1
- Chapter 1 - Women in American Sports 3
- Chapter 2 - Women in the Olympics 35
- Part II - Biographies and Teams 75
- Chapter 3 - Outstanding Women Athletes Who Influenced American Sports 86
- Chapter 4 - Outstanding Women's Teams 252
- Part III - Basic Resources 309
- Chapter 5 - Selected Bibliography 311
- Chapter 6 - Directory of Organizations 322
- Part IV - Appendixes 331
- Appendix A - Olympic Gold Medalists 333
- Appendix B - Selected National Award Winners and Champions 346
- Appendix C - National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Champions-- Division I 368
- Appendix D - Athletes Profiled in Outstanding Women Athletes, Arranged by Sport 377
- Appendix E - List of Organization Abbreviations 379
- Appendix F - Selected Reference Sources 381
- Index 385