Encyclopedia of Women and Sports

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Bloomsbury Academic, Dec 1, 1996 - Social Science - 382 pages

Women have participated in sports throughout history, but only in recent years has this participation become widespread and attained recognition equal to that of men. Encyclopedia of Women and Sports is a clearly written, comprehensive, illustrated volume including nearly 600 entries on all aspects of women and sports in the United States, from the different sports to people and events; from teams and organizations to laws and court cases.

Readers will learn about Stacy Allison, the first woman to climb Mt. Everest; women who have run the Boston Marathon; how the 19th Amendment has affected women's sports; female shotputters; and how steroids affect women's muscles. Features include an introduction, cross-references, bibliography, and index.

Students, librarians, historians, athletes, sports journalists, and general readers will find this book informative and entertaining, useful for both research and browsing.

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Contents

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Amateur Athletic Union American women Association Award ball baseball basketball became began Billie Jean King bowling bronze medal California cham champi champion Club coach compete competition Didrikson diving earned female field hockey figure skating freestyle girls gold medal golf golfer gymnastics Hall of Fame held high school International judo jump junior later League LPGA male marathon matches men's national championships national title Navratilova Olympic Games Olympic gold onships physical education played programs race References Retton score silver medal skiing softball speed skating Sports Illustrated Summer Olympics swimmer swimming television tennis player tion tour tournament track and field U.S. national U.S. Olympic U.S. Open U.S. team U.S. women's United Vare Trophy volleyball WIBC Wilma Rudolph Wimbledon woman to win women athletes Women in Sports women players Women's Sports women's team won a gold won the U.S. world championships world record York

About the author (1996)

Victoria Sherrow Victoria Sherrow is the author of numerous books in the fields of history, social issues, biography, and science.

Bibliographic information

TitleEncyclopedia of Women and Sports
AuthorVictoria Sherrow
Editionillustrated
PublisherBloomsbury Academic, 1996
Original fromthe University of Michigan
DigitizedJul 20, 2010
ISBN087436826X, 9780874368260
Length382 pages
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Social Science / Ethnic Studies / General
Social Science / Women's Studies
  
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