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Women in Sports

by Rachel Ignotofsky
Sarah Mollo-Christensen
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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 figures like tennis player Billie Jean King and gymnast Simone Biles, as well as lesser-known champions like Toni Stone, the first woman to play baseball in a professional men's league, and skateboarding pioneer Patti McGee. The book also contains information on topics that sporty women want to know about such as muscle anatomy, a timeline of women's participation in sports, pay and media statistics for female athletes, and influential women's teams. Women in Sports celebrates the success of the tough, bold, and fearless women who paved the way for today's athletes.
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Publisher: HighBridge Edition: Unabridged

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  • ISBN: 9781684418251
  • File size: 99190 KB
  • Release date: January 17, 2019
  • Duration: 03:26:38

MP3 audiobook

  • ISBN: 9781684418251
  • File size: 99202 KB
  • Release date: January 17, 2019
  • Duration: 03:28:38
  • Number of parts: 3

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subjects

Biography & Autobiography Juvenile Nonfiction Reference Sports & Recreations

Languages

English

Levels

Lexile® Measure:870
Text Difficulty:4-5

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 figures like tennis player Billie Jean King and gymnast Simone Biles, as well as lesser-known champions like Toni Stone, the first woman to play baseball in a professional men's league, and skateboarding pioneer Patti McGee. The book also contains information on topics that sporty women want to know about such as muscle anatomy, a timeline of women's participation in sports, pay and media statistics for female athletes, and influential women's teams. Women in Sports celebrates the success of the tough, bold, and fearless women who paved the way for today's athletes.
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Biography & Autobiography Juvenile Nonfiction Reference Sports & Recreations