women athletes

Presents profiles of more than 100 women athletes who have made significant contributions to their respective sports.

When her sister, star-athlete Jakarta, finally joins them, Dakar feels much safer and happier in Cottonwood, North Dakota, where she and their parents are living for a year, but she still longs for their home in Africa.

Discusses how participation in sports can have a positive affect on a girl's spirit as well as her body.

Describes the discipline, sacrifices, and dedication of eleven women athletes in extreme sports, including amateurs and professionals in auto racing, rock climbing, surfing, skydiving, and other fields.

Examines the lives and accomplishments of ten women athletes, including beach volleyball player Misty May-Treanor, jockey Julie Krone, and distance swimmer Lynne Cox.

Discusses the changing roles of women in sports, and includes stories from women athletes that describe the obstacles they have had to overcome in order to be accepted in the world of sports.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 203-212) and index. Biographical information about 60 women athletes who influenced the courses of women's sports in America.

Text and photographs chronicle the life of the track and field star who has had medal-winning performances in three Olympics.

Presents brief biographies of nearly fifty women athletes from the twentieth century, including Ora Washington, Althea Gibson, Tenley Albright, Wilma Rudolph, Chris Evert, Nancy Lopez Knight, Jackie Joiner-Kersee, and Janet Evans.