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Rapinoe, Megan, 1985-
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Women soccer players -- United States -- Biography.
Soccer players -- United States -- Biography.
Transgender people -- Biography.
Feminism -- Biography.
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Rapinoe, Megan, 1985-
Rapinoe, Megan, 1985-
Women soccer players -- United States -- Biography.
Soccer players -- United States -- Biography.
Transgender people -- Biography.
Feminism -- Biography.
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One
life
/ Megan Rapinoe ; with Emma Brockes.
by
Rapinoe, Megan, 1985-
Random House Large Print, c2020.
Call #:
LP 921 R218o
Subjects
Rapinoe, Megan, 1985-
Women soccer players -- United States -- Biography.
Soccer players -- United States -- Biography.
Transgender people -- Biography.
Feminism -- Biography.
ISBN:
9780593295588 (large print pbk.)
Alternate title:
1
life
Edition:
Large print ed.
Description:
284 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Summary:
"Megan Rapinoe is
one
of the world's most talented athletes. But beyond her massive professional success on the soccer field, Rapinoe has become an icon and ally to millions, boldly speaking out on the issues that matter most. In recent years, she's become
one
of the faces of the equal pay movement and her tireless activism for LGBTQ rights has earned her global support. In
One
Life
, Rapinoe embarks on a thoughtful and unapologetic discussion of social justice and politics. Raised in a conservative small town in northern California, the youngest of six, Rapinoe was four years old when she kicked her first soccer ball. Her parents encouraged her love for the game, but also urged her to volunteer at homeless shelters and food banks. Her passion for community engagement never wavered through high school or college, all the way up to 2016, when she took a knee during the national anthem in solidarity with former NFL player Colin Kaepernick, to protest racial injustice and police brutality - the first high-profile white athlete to do so. The backlash was immediate, but it couldn't compare to the overwhelming support. Rapinoe became a force of social change, both on and off the field. Using anecdotes from her own
life
and career, from suing the United States Soccer Federation alongside her teammates over gender discrimination to her widely publicized refusal to visit the White House, Rapinoe discusses the obligation we all have to speak up, and reveals the impact each of us can have on our communities. As she declared during the soccer team's victory parade in New York in 2019, "[T]his is everybody's responsibility, every single person here, every single person who is not here, every single person who doesn't want to be here, every single person who agrees and doesn't agree.... It takes everybody. This is my charge to everybody. Do what you can. Do what you have to do. Step outside yourself. Be more. Be better. Be bigger than you've ever been before."--Goodreads.
Genre:
Autobiographies.
Other authors:
Brockes, Emma.
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