Women in Sports highlights the achievements and stories of fifty notable women athletes from the 1800s to today, including trailblazers, Olympians, and record-breakers in more than forty sports. The athletes featured include well-known...
Women Olympic athletes
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Author:Ignotofsky, RachelSummary: - Author:Clinton, ChelseaSummary:
From Chelsea Clinton and Alexandra Boiger, the #1 New York Times bestselling team behind She Persisted , comes a new book featuring women athletes who overcame and inspired?just in time for the Olympics! Throughout history, women have...
- Author:Muhammad, IbtihajSummary:
Olympic medalist fencer, named one of Time Magazine's 100 Most Influential People, Ibtihaj Muhammad tells a story of the tremendous obstacles, racism, and pressures she has overcome as the first Muslim American woman to compete in...
- Author:Hughes, ClaraSummary:
"From one of Canadas most decorated Olympians comes a life-affirming story of one woman's struggle with depression. In a world where winning meant everything, her biggest competitor was herself. In 2006, when Clara Hughes stepped onto...
- Author:Snyder, CarrieSummary:
Aganetha Smart, a former Olympic athlete was famous in the 1920s, but now, at age 104, lives in a nursing home, alone and forgotten by history. When her quiet life is disturbed by the unexpected arrival of two young strangers, Aganetha...
- Author:Wambach, AbbySummary:
Abby Wambach has always pushed the limits of what is possible. Named by Time magazine as one of the most influential people of 2015, the iconic soccer player captured the nation's heart when she led her team to its recent World Cup...
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Author:Raisman, Aly, Lawrence, BlytheSummary:Aly Raisman first stepped onto a gymnastics mat as a toddler in a "mommy & me" gymnastics class. No one could have predicted then that sixteen years later, she'd be standing on an Olympic podium, having achieved her dreams. But it...
- Author:Hooper, EliseSummary:
Acclaimed author Elise Hooper explores the gripping, real life history of female athletes, members of the first integrated women's Olympic team, and their journeys to the 1936 summer games in Berlin, Nazi Germany. Perfect for...
- Author:Pappas, AlexiSummary:
run like a bravey / sleep like a baby / dream like a crazy / replace can't with maybe. When "Renaissance runner" (New York Times) Alexi Pappas--Olympic athlete, actress, filmmaker, and writer--was four years old, her...
