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The Resource 100 trailblazers : great women athletes who opened doors for future generations, Richard Lipchick ; with Jessica Bartter [and others]

100 trailblazers : great women athletes who opened doors for future generations, Richard Lipchick ; with Jessica Bartter [and others]

Creator
Contributor
Summary
Through an effective combination of historical research and personal interviews, 100 Trailblazers offers compelling portraits of the dedicated athletes who broke gender barriers on college campuses and in professional sports all around the country. These engaging accounts detail the adversities these pioneering women faced and they achieved
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Extent
xviii, 500 pages
Contents
  • Foreword / Anita DeFrantz -- 1. An introductioin -- 2. Administrators break down walls (Judy Sweet -- Charlotte West -- Christine Grant -- Merrily Dean Baker -- Carol Gordon -- Peggy Burke -- Lonnie Leotus "Lee" Morrison -- Carole Mushier -- Carole Oglesby -- Judith Holland -- Laurie Mabry -- Anne "Sandy" Barbour -- Barbara Burke -- Cary Sue Groth -- Deborah A. Yow -- Kathy Beauregard -- Lisa Love -- Donna Lopiano -- Tina Sloan Green -- Anita DeFrantz -- Val Ackerman) -- 3. Women court equality and respect in tennis (Hazel Wightman -- Margaret Osborne duPont -- Billie Jean King -- Maureen Connolly Brinker -- Althea Gibson -- Evonne Goolagong -- Chris Evert -- Martina Navratilova -- Venus and Serena Williams) -- 4. Going the distance in golf : women drive the fairways (Glenna Collett-Vare -- Louise Suggs -- Patricia "Patty" Berg -- Betty Jameson -- Mary Kathryn "Mickey" Wright -- Carol Mann -- Kathy Whitworth -- JoAnne Carner -- Nancy Lopez -- Annika Sorenstam) -- 5. Figure skating and speed skating : grace and power on ice (Sonja Henie -- Mabel Fairbanks -- Tenley E. Albright -- Peggy Fleming Jenkins -- Katarina Witt -- Kristi Yamaguchi -- Bonnie Blair) -- 6. Female swimmers and divers : lapping expectations in the pool (Eleanor Holm -- Florence Chadwick -- Debbie Meyer -- Mary T. Meagher Plant -- Tracy Caulkins -- Janet Evans -- Nancy Hogshead-Makar -- Diana Nyad -- Pat McCormick -- Micki King) --
  • 7. Flying through the air with the greatest of ease : women gymnasts (Olga Korbut -- Nadia Comaneci -- Mary Lou Retton) -- 8. Speed, power, and grace ; women in track and field (Mildred "Babe" Didrikson Zaharias -- Helen Stephens -- Alice Coachman -- Mae Faggs Starr -- Wilma Rudolph -- Madeline Manning Mims -- Wyomia Tyus -- Florence Griffith Joyner -- Evelyn Ashford -- Valerie Brisco-Hooks -- Jackie Joyner-Kersee -- Joan Benoit-Samuelson -- Willye White -- Nell Jackson -- Barbara Jacket -- Beverly Kearney) -- 9. The explosion of women's soccer (Michelle Akers -- Mia Hamm -- Julie Foudy) -- 10. Women's softball and women in baseball : standing tall for females for decades (Marcenia Lyle Alberga, a.k.a. Toni Stone -- Effa Manley -- Sharron Backus -- Margie Wright -- Joan Joyce -- Dorothy "Dot" Richardson -- Lisa Fernandez) -- 11. Women basketball players : leaving footprints on the hardwood (Margaret Wade -- Nancy Lieberman -- Ann Meyers Drysdale -- Pat Summitt -- C. Vivian Stringer -- Tara VanDerveer -- Betty Jaynes -- Lisa Leslie -- Sheryl Swoopes -- Cheryl Miller) -- 12. A smash over the net : women's volleyball (Flora "Flo" Hyman -- Misty May-Treanor) -- 13. Women in the motor sports industry : blaze a hard road (Janet Guthrie -- Lyn St. James -- Danica Patrick) -- 14. Conclusion
Isbn
9781885693860
Instance
Label
100 trailblazers : great women athletes who opened doors for future generations
Title
100 trailblazers
Title remainder
great women athletes who opened doors for future generations
Statement of responsibility
Richard Lipchick ; with Jessica Bartter [and others]
Title variation
  • One hundred trailblazers
  • Hundred trailblazers
  • Trailblazers
  • Great women athletes who opened doors for future generations
Title variation remainder
  • great women athletes who opened doors for future generations
  • great women athletes who opened doors for future generations
  • great women athletes who opened doors for future generations
Creator
Contributor
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
Through an effective combination of historical research and personal interviews, 100 Trailblazers offers compelling portraits of the dedicated athletes who broke gender barriers on college campuses and in professional sports all around the country. These engaging accounts detail the adversities these pioneering women faced and they achieved
Biography type
collective biography
Cataloging source
BTCTA
http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
Lapchick, Richard Edward
Dewey number
796.0820922
Illustrations
  • illustrations
  • portraits
Index
no index present
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
Bartter, Jessica
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Women athletes
  • Women athletes
  • Athletes
  • Athletes
  • Sports for women
  • Sports
  • African American women athletes
Label
100 trailblazers : great women athletes who opened doors for future generations, Richard Lipchick ; with Jessica Bartter [and others]
Instantiates
Publication
Copyright
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
  • Foreword / Anita DeFrantz -- 1. An introductioin -- 2. Administrators break down walls (Judy Sweet -- Charlotte West -- Christine Grant -- Merrily Dean Baker -- Carol Gordon -- Peggy Burke -- Lonnie Leotus "Lee" Morrison -- Carole Mushier -- Carole Oglesby -- Judith Holland -- Laurie Mabry -- Anne "Sandy" Barbour -- Barbara Burke -- Cary Sue Groth -- Deborah A. Yow -- Kathy Beauregard -- Lisa Love -- Donna Lopiano -- Tina Sloan Green -- Anita DeFrantz -- Val Ackerman) -- 3. Women court equality and respect in tennis (Hazel Wightman -- Margaret Osborne duPont -- Billie Jean King -- Maureen Connolly Brinker -- Althea Gibson -- Evonne Goolagong -- Chris Evert -- Martina Navratilova -- Venus and Serena Williams) -- 4. Going the distance in golf : women drive the fairways (Glenna Collett-Vare -- Louise Suggs -- Patricia "Patty" Berg -- Betty Jameson -- Mary Kathryn "Mickey" Wright -- Carol Mann -- Kathy Whitworth -- JoAnne Carner -- Nancy Lopez -- Annika Sorenstam) -- 5. Figure skating and speed skating : grace and power on ice (Sonja Henie -- Mabel Fairbanks -- Tenley E. Albright -- Peggy Fleming Jenkins -- Katarina Witt -- Kristi Yamaguchi -- Bonnie Blair) -- 6. Female swimmers and divers : lapping expectations in the pool (Eleanor Holm -- Florence Chadwick -- Debbie Meyer -- Mary T. Meagher Plant -- Tracy Caulkins -- Janet Evans -- Nancy Hogshead-Makar -- Diana Nyad -- Pat McCormick -- Micki King) --
  • 7. Flying through the air with the greatest of ease : women gymnasts (Olga Korbut -- Nadia Comaneci -- Mary Lou Retton) -- 8. Speed, power, and grace ; women in track and field (Mildred "Babe" Didrikson Zaharias -- Helen Stephens -- Alice Coachman -- Mae Faggs Starr -- Wilma Rudolph -- Madeline Manning Mims -- Wyomia Tyus -- Florence Griffith Joyner -- Evelyn Ashford -- Valerie Brisco-Hooks -- Jackie Joyner-Kersee -- Joan Benoit-Samuelson -- Willye White -- Nell Jackson -- Barbara Jacket -- Beverly Kearney) -- 9. The explosion of women's soccer (Michelle Akers -- Mia Hamm -- Julie Foudy) -- 10. Women's softball and women in baseball : standing tall for females for decades (Marcenia Lyle Alberga, a.k.a. Toni Stone -- Effa Manley -- Sharron Backus -- Margie Wright -- Joan Joyce -- Dorothy "Dot" Richardson -- Lisa Fernandez) -- 11. Women basketball players : leaving footprints on the hardwood (Margaret Wade -- Nancy Lieberman -- Ann Meyers Drysdale -- Pat Summitt -- C. Vivian Stringer -- Tara VanDerveer -- Betty Jaynes -- Lisa Leslie -- Sheryl Swoopes -- Cheryl Miller) -- 12. A smash over the net : women's volleyball (Flora "Flo" Hyman -- Misty May-Treanor) -- 13. Women in the motor sports industry : blaze a hard road (Janet Guthrie -- Lyn St. James -- Danica Patrick) -- 14. Conclusion
Dimensions
21 cm
Extent
xviii, 500 pages
Isbn
9781885693860
Isbn Type
(pbk.)
Lccn
2009923998
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations, portraits
System control number
  • (OCoLC)261177746
  • ocn261177746
  • OCoLC
Label
100 trailblazers : great women athletes who opened doors for future generations, Richard Lipchick ; with Jessica Bartter [and others]
Publication
Copyright
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
  • Foreword / Anita DeFrantz -- 1. An introductioin -- 2. Administrators break down walls (Judy Sweet -- Charlotte West -- Christine Grant -- Merrily Dean Baker -- Carol Gordon -- Peggy Burke -- Lonnie Leotus "Lee" Morrison -- Carole Mushier -- Carole Oglesby -- Judith Holland -- Laurie Mabry -- Anne "Sandy" Barbour -- Barbara Burke -- Cary Sue Groth -- Deborah A. Yow -- Kathy Beauregard -- Lisa Love -- Donna Lopiano -- Tina Sloan Green -- Anita DeFrantz -- Val Ackerman) -- 3. Women court equality and respect in tennis (Hazel Wightman -- Margaret Osborne duPont -- Billie Jean King -- Maureen Connolly Brinker -- Althea Gibson -- Evonne Goolagong -- Chris Evert -- Martina Navratilova -- Venus and Serena Williams) -- 4. Going the distance in golf : women drive the fairways (Glenna Collett-Vare -- Louise Suggs -- Patricia "Patty" Berg -- Betty Jameson -- Mary Kathryn "Mickey" Wright -- Carol Mann -- Kathy Whitworth -- JoAnne Carner -- Nancy Lopez -- Annika Sorenstam) -- 5. Figure skating and speed skating : grace and power on ice (Sonja Henie -- Mabel Fairbanks -- Tenley E. Albright -- Peggy Fleming Jenkins -- Katarina Witt -- Kristi Yamaguchi -- Bonnie Blair) -- 6. Female swimmers and divers : lapping expectations in the pool (Eleanor Holm -- Florence Chadwick -- Debbie Meyer -- Mary T. Meagher Plant -- Tracy Caulkins -- Janet Evans -- Nancy Hogshead-Makar -- Diana Nyad -- Pat McCormick -- Micki King) --
  • 7. Flying through the air with the greatest of ease : women gymnasts (Olga Korbut -- Nadia Comaneci -- Mary Lou Retton) -- 8. Speed, power, and grace ; women in track and field (Mildred "Babe" Didrikson Zaharias -- Helen Stephens -- Alice Coachman -- Mae Faggs Starr -- Wilma Rudolph -- Madeline Manning Mims -- Wyomia Tyus -- Florence Griffith Joyner -- Evelyn Ashford -- Valerie Brisco-Hooks -- Jackie Joyner-Kersee -- Joan Benoit-Samuelson -- Willye White -- Nell Jackson -- Barbara Jacket -- Beverly Kearney) -- 9. The explosion of women's soccer (Michelle Akers -- Mia Hamm -- Julie Foudy) -- 10. Women's softball and women in baseball : standing tall for females for decades (Marcenia Lyle Alberga, a.k.a. Toni Stone -- Effa Manley -- Sharron Backus -- Margie Wright -- Joan Joyce -- Dorothy "Dot" Richardson -- Lisa Fernandez) -- 11. Women basketball players : leaving footprints on the hardwood (Margaret Wade -- Nancy Lieberman -- Ann Meyers Drysdale -- Pat Summitt -- C. Vivian Stringer -- Tara VanDerveer -- Betty Jaynes -- Lisa Leslie -- Sheryl Swoopes -- Cheryl Miller) -- 12. A smash over the net : women's volleyball (Flora "Flo" Hyman -- Misty May-Treanor) -- 13. Women in the motor sports industry : blaze a hard road (Janet Guthrie -- Lyn St. James -- Danica Patrick) -- 14. Conclusion
Dimensions
21 cm
Extent
xviii, 500 pages
Isbn
9781885693860
Isbn Type
(pbk.)
Lccn
2009923998
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations, portraits
System control number
  • (OCoLC)261177746
  • ocn261177746
  • OCoLC

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