Cline - Ransome Lesa - Not Playing By The Rules 21 Female Athletes Who Changed Sports - Hardcover

Binding: Hardcover
Description: This powerful and inspiring collection features 21 female trailblazers in their sport perfect for fans of Women in Sports and Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls! Before girls wore pants or women were permitted to swim in bathing suits at public beaches who paved the way for women in sports? And who's breaking new ground today? This anthology introduces 21 trailblazing women who have broken through the boundaries set for female athletes. From basketball slam - dunker Lisa Leslie to tennis superstars Venus and Serena Williams whose father had onlookers jeer at and taunt the girls as they practiced to Paralympian Tatyana Mc Fadden who was a speed demon even at her Russian orphanage before she was adopted to Olympic gold medalist Ethelda Bleibtrey who was led off to jail when she shed her shoes and stockings to swim in public Not Playing by the Rules inspires informs and illustrates the strength determination and accomplishments of women athletes both yesterday and today. With powerful photographs and hand - lettered inspirational quotes from the athletes themselves this is a collection every young girl should own. The featured athletes include Ethelda Bleibtrey Bobbi Gibb Althea Gibson Gabby Douglas Flo Hyman Lisa Leslie Mia Hamm Tatyana Mc Fadden Mo'ne Davis Ibtihaj Muhammad Diana Golden Constance Applebee Lizzie Arlington Babe Didrikson Alice Coachman Joy Johnson Nancy Lieberman Nadia Com neci Venus and Serena Williams and Yusra Mardini.
Title: Not Playing By The Rules 21 Female Athletes Who Changed Sports
Author(s): Cline - Ransome Lesa
Publisher: Random House Usa Inc
Barcode: 9781524764531
Pages: 48 Pages
Publication Date: 4/21/2020
Category: Children’S & Teenage Fiction & True Stories