women athletes

Brief biographies highlighting the careers of six women athletes: Nancy Lopez, Janet Guthrie, Tracy Austin, Diana Nyad, Joan Joyce, and Carol Blazejowski.

Biographies of outstanding women skiers: Barbara Ann Cochran, Annemarie Moser-Proell, Cindy Nelson, and Jana Hlavaty. Also includes a chapter about freestyle skiing, a new form of competition.

Recounts the struggles and achievemnets of twelve outstanding American women athletes, including golf's Babe Didrikson Zaharias, tennis' Billie Jean King, track's Wyomia Tyus, and drag racing's Shirley Muldowney.

Brief biographies emphasizing the athletic achievements of such women as Billie Jean King, Cathy Rigby, Micki King, Cheryl Toussaint, and others.

Brief biographies of eight American women who have excelled in bowling, skating, diving, golf, skiing, swimming, tennis, or track.

Profiles 150 women who are champions in various sports, providing anecdotes about the childhood, early training, and later success of each athlete, with a summary of their statistics and career highlights.

Discusses how sports can positively influence the lives of girls during the adolescent years, and features profiles of some of the world's most famous female athletes including Rebecca Lobo, Mia Hamm, Gabrielle Reece, and Jackie Joyner-Kersee.

Women's basketball coach and motivational speaker Teri Clemens encourages girls to succeed in life, explaining the importance of developing specific skills that will help girls achieve their dreams and learn to love life.