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Women in sports : 50 fearless athletes who played to win

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  • Running Time: 03:26 hrs
    Narrator: Sarah Mollo-Christensen
    Publisher:
    HighBridge Audio, 2019
    Note: This book was purchased with support from the Government of Canada's Social Development Partnerships Program - Disability Component.
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    Certified Accessible By: National Network for Equitable Library Service
    Running Time: 03:26 hrs
    Narrator: Sarah Mollo-Christensen
    Publisher:
    BC Libraries Cooperative, 2024
    Note: This book was produced with support from the Government of Canada's Social Development Partnerships Program - Disability Component.

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  • Author: Ignotofsky, Rachel
    Contributor: Mollo-Christensen, Sarah
    Edition: Unabridged
    Date:
    Created
    2019
    Summary:

    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 figures like tennis player Billie Jean King and gymnast Simone Biles, as well as lesser-known champions like Toni Stone, the first woman to play baseball in a professional men's league, and skateboarding pioneer Patti McGee. The book also contains information on topics that sporty women want to know about such as muscle anatomy, a timeline of women's participation in sports, pay and media statistics for female athletes, and influential women's teams. Women in Sports celebrates the success of the tough, bold, and fearless women who paved the way for today's athletes.

    Genre:
    Young adult nonfiction, Biographies and autobiographies, Sports and recreation
    Subject(s): Women Olympic athletes | Women athletes
    Original Publisher: Prince Frederick, HighBridge Audio
    Language(s): English
    ISBN: 9781684418251