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Klappentext 100 Trailblazers: Great Women Athletes Who Opened Doors for Future Generations shines an admiring spotlight on the accomplishments of women in sport whose life stories are important but not necessarily well known. Research and personal interviews reveal the groundbreaking work of effective administrators, dedicated coaches, determined reformers, and spirited athletes who excelled in tennis, golf, skating, swimming and diving, gymnastics, track and field, soccer, softball and baseball, basketball, volleyball, and motor sports. These fascinating profiles chronicle the achievements of women who overcame innumerable obstacles, broke down walls, and opened doors for future generations. Zusammenfassung Discusses the accomplishments of women in sport whose life stories are important but not necessarily well known. This title includes research and personal interviews that reveal the work of administrators! dedicated coaches! determined reformers! and spirited athletes who excelled in tennis! golf! skating! swimming and diving! soccer! and others. Inhaltsverzeichnis An Introduction; Administrators Break Down the Walls; Women Court Equality & Respect in Tennis; Going the Distance in Golf: Women Drive the Fairways; Figure Skating & Speed Skating: Grace & Power on Ice; Female Swimmers & Divers: Lapping Expectations in the Pool; Flying Through the Air with the Greatest of Ease: Women Gymnasts; Speed! Power! & Grace: Women in Track & Field; The Explosion of Womens Soccer; Womens Softball & Women in Baseball: Standing Tall for Females for Decades; Women Basketball Players: Leaving Footprints on the Hardwood; A Smash over the Net: Womens Volleyball; Women in the Motor Sports Industry Blaze a Hard Road; Conclusion.
