Janet Woolum

Outstanding Women Athletes

Who They Are and How They Influenced Sports in America, Second Edition

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Greenwood
• 2. Auflage
• Seitenzahl: 426
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Juni 1998
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 260mm x 183mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 992g
• ISBN-13: 9781573561204
• ISBN-10: 1573561207
• Artikelnr.: 22286995

Autorenporträt

JANET WOLLUM is the author of the first edition of Outstanding Women Athletes: Who They Are and How They Influenced Sports in America. She holds a master of arts degree in womens history from Arizona State University and has been researching and writing on the history of women in sports for more than a decade. Woolum was a member of the 1995 U.S. National Bowling Team and is an Olympic Festival gold medalist.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword Introduction Acknowledgments History of Women's Sports Chapter 1
Women in American Sports Chapter 2
Women in the Olympics Biographies and Teams Chapter 3
Outstanding Women Athletes Who Influenced American Sports Chapter 4
Outstanding Women's Teams All American Girls Professional Baseball League America 1994 Colorado Silver Bullets Raybestos Brakettes Tennessee State University U.S. Synchronized Swiming Team U.S. Women's Gymnastics Team U.S. Women's National Soccer Team USA Basketball Women's National Team USA Softball Women's National Team Basic Resources Chapter 5
Selected Bibliography Chapter 6
Directory of Organizations Part IV: Appendixes Appendix A
Olympic Gold Medalists Appendix B
Award Winners and National Champions Appendix C
National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Champions
Division I Appendix D
Athletes Profiled in Outstanding Women Athletes, Arranged by Sport Appendix E
List of Organization Abbreviations Appendix F
Selected Reference Sources Index