sports for women

An introduction to the sport of softball, highlighting the accomplishments and triumphs of women involved in the sport, and describing the history, rules, equipment, and key skills of softball.

Recounts, in text and photographs, the history of discrimination against minorities and women in professional baseball, basketball, and football.

Examines the dramatic impacct Title IX had on American sports, chronicling how the law, which guaranteed women's rights in school sports, was both a success and a failure.

Photographic documentation of two centuries of women athletes, discussing some of the controversies that arose over women's participation in traditionally male arenas, and celebrating their accomplishments.

Photographs and text describe the basic skills necessary to play women's competitive golf, profiling a number of LPGA champions including "Babe" Didrikson and Annika Sorenstam.

Contains over 250 alphabetically arranged entries that provide information about women athletes, the sports in which they participate, sports organizations, and other related topics.

Examines the role of sports in girls' lives, including the history of women in sports, famous women athletes, great sports for girls, and ways to get involved in athletics.

Examines the legal and social issues associated with the rights of women to participate with men in contact sports; and explores topics such as the 1972 enactment of Title IX and the Equal Protection Clause of the U.S. Constitution.

Contains approximately 150 alphabetically arranged articles that provide information about various aspects of women and sports, covering sports and athletic activities, women's sport in society and the culture of women's sport, health issues, organizations, events, national programs, and people. Includes a reader's guide, appendices, and an index.

Presents research and analysis on female sports related injuries, and discusses the reasoning why female athletes have an alarmingly high injury rate, and provides insight on how women can train to avoid injury.