women athletes

A biography of world champion sprinter and NCAA-champion basketball player Marion Jones, following her quest to win four gold medals at the 1999 World Championships in track, and discussing her Olympic hopes.

Describes the life and achievements of the 1984 women's Olympic Marathon winner.

Female athlete's discuss how their participation in sports has changed their lives, what inspires them, how they fulfilled their dreams, and other related topics.

Traces the history of women's participation in over thirty sports, including basketball, tennis, gynmastics, swimming, cycling, and skating, and includes brief biographies of more than 650 international athletes from the past and present, as well as a listing of statistics for each sport.

Provides an overview of the findings and recommendations of the Secretary of Education's Commission on Opportunities in Athletics; assesses the strengths and weaknesses of Title IX; and offers two essays which argue that Title IX has harmed male sports and has not provided equal opportunities to females.

Ordinary and celebrity women athletes are depicted winning, losing, and playing the games they love.

Short biographies of women athletes of the twentieth century.

Examines Title IX, the 1972 legislation which mandated that schools receiving federal funds could not discriminate on the basis of gender. and focuses on its effects in schools, politics, sports and the culture as a whole.

Looks at the life and career of American athlete Babe Didrikson Zaharias.