Ladies first : women athletes who made a difference /
Rappoport, Ken.
Ladies first : women athletes who made a difference / Ken Rappoport. - 1st ed. - Atlanta : Peachtree, 2010. - 146 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Includes bibliographical references p. ([145]-146).
Introduction -- Gertrude Ederle, "against all odds" -- Babe Didrikson Zaharias, "The Other Babe" -- Susan Butcher, "The Magnificent Musher" -- Julie Krone, "The Horse Whisperer" -- Wilma Rudolph, "The Clarksville Comet" -- Althea Gibson, "The Jackie Robinson of Tennis" -- Joan Benoit Samuelson, "Marathon Woman" -- Sonya Henie, "The Ice Queen" -- Billie Jean King, "serving one up for women's rights" -- Shirley Muldowney, "driving into history" -- Nadia Comaneci, "The Perfect Gymnast" -- Manon Rheaume, "Manon the Warrior" -- All-American redheads "a team of their own" -- Conclusion.
1561453382
2004026979
Women athletes--Biography--Juvenile literature.
Sports for women--History--Juvenile literature.
GV697.A1 / R325 2005
796.0820922 R221l 2010
Ladies first : women athletes who made a difference / Ken Rappoport. - 1st ed. - Atlanta : Peachtree, 2010. - 146 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Includes bibliographical references p. ([145]-146).
Introduction -- Gertrude Ederle, "against all odds" -- Babe Didrikson Zaharias, "The Other Babe" -- Susan Butcher, "The Magnificent Musher" -- Julie Krone, "The Horse Whisperer" -- Wilma Rudolph, "The Clarksville Comet" -- Althea Gibson, "The Jackie Robinson of Tennis" -- Joan Benoit Samuelson, "Marathon Woman" -- Sonya Henie, "The Ice Queen" -- Billie Jean King, "serving one up for women's rights" -- Shirley Muldowney, "driving into history" -- Nadia Comaneci, "The Perfect Gymnast" -- Manon Rheaume, "Manon the Warrior" -- All-American redheads "a team of their own" -- Conclusion.
1561453382
2004026979
Women athletes--Biography--Juvenile literature.
Sports for women--History--Juvenile literature.
GV697.A1 / R325 2005
796.0820922 R221l 2010