sports for women

Discusses the lives and athletic accomplishments of six women: Althea Gibson, Wilma Rudolph, Janet Guthrie, Debi Thomas, Sheryl Swoopes, and Pat Head Summitt.

Explains how girls can achieve total fitness by focusing on three broad areas: developing a positive self-image, choosing nutritious foods, and exercising regularly.

Discusses issues related to girls' participation in sports and provides information on the rules, equipment, training, and more for eight sports which high school girls are most likely to play.

Contains alphabetically arranged entries that provide biographical and career information on over 150 American women athletes who have made significant contributions to their sports, and includes a general bibliography, and photographs.

Reviews the history of women's sports in America at the collegiate, amateur, and professional levels, with discussion of women's participation in the Olympics; features biographical profiles of eighty-six influential female athletes, with a look at outstanding women's teams; and includes a bibliography and directory of organizations.

Tells of women who have achieved excellence in judo, karate, kung fu, t'ai chi chuan, tae kwon do, kendo, and aikido.

Chronicles the history of women in sports in North America from Native American ball games to the sports of the twentieth century by highlighting key events such as the introduction of sports in schools and the passage of Title IX. Contains brief biographies of women athletes.

Discusses the reemergence of women's roller derby, a sport with over one hundred leagues in the U.S., a national tournament, and major sponsors, and chronicles the author's experience as a spectator and a contender on the track, with photographs, suggestions on how to develop a roller girl persona, and a listing of the teams.