women athletes

Presents practical, jargon-free strength-training and athletic development guidance for women, including a section on the prevention of noncontact anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries, and provides answers to twenty common questions.

Explains how women can put together a training plan that will help them become healthier and happier.

Discusses how sports can influence a girl's life and profiles some of the most famous female athletes, including Rebecca Lobo, Mia Hamm, Gabrielle Reece, and Jackie Joyner-Kersee.

A biography of Babe Didrikson, who broke records in golf, track and field, and other sports, at a time when there were few opportunities for female athletes.

In 1926, Trudy Ederle swam the English Channel. She was the first woman and only the sixth person to do it. Here are the stories of five women sports pioneers.

Profiles twelve women athletes of the twentieth century including Wilma Rudolph, Nadia Comaneci, Babe Didrickson Zaharias, Gertrude Ederle, and others, and describes how they overcame gender and sometimes race discrimination and demonstrated their extraordinary skill and dedication.

Profiles twelve women athletes of the twentieth century including Wilma Rudolph, Nadia Comaneci, Babe Didrickson Zaharias, Gertrude Ederle, and others, and describes how they overcame gender and sometimes race discrimination and demonstrated their extraordinary skill and dedication.