women athletes

Elite gymnast Jennifer Sey reveals the hardships she endured training to become a world champion, including suffering from an eating disorder, abusive coaches, and injuries.

Contains over 250 alphabetically arranged entries that provide information about women athletes, the sports in which they participate, sports organizations, and other related topics.

Contains approximately 150 alphabetically arranged articles that provide information about various aspects of women and sports, covering sports and athletic activities, women's sport in society and the culture of women's sport, health issues, organizations, events, national programs, and people. Includes a reader's guide, appendices, and an index.

Investigates the destructive side of women's elite competition in gymnastics and figure skating, exposing such problems as eating disorders, stunted growth, and debilitating injuries. Concludes that abusive coaches and intense pressure from parents are often to blame.

Cynthia Pemberton chronicles her struggle to obtain equality for women in sports at Linfield College after she was hired as the as assistant athletic director for women's sports in 1989.

A biography of Babe Didrikson, who broke records in golf, track and field, and other sports, at a time when there were few opportunities for female athletes.

Chronicles one basketball season of a girls' high school team in Amherst, Massachusetts.

Traces the effects Title IX of the Education Amendments, which prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex in American schools and sports, has had on college and high school sports throughout the country.

A biography, emphasizing the early years, of Babe Didrikson, who broke records in golf, track and field, and other sports, at a time when there were few opportunities for female athletes.

Provides a brief history of women's athletics and profiles several woman athletes, including Billy Jean King, Mia Hamm, Rebecca Lobo, Marion Jones, Shannon Miller, Michelle Kwan, and Venus and Serena Williams.