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Game changers : the unsung heroines of sports history / Molly Schiot.

by Schiot, Molly.

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Simon and Schuster, 2016.

796.0820922 S336g

Women athletes -- Biography.

Women athletes -- History -- 20th century.

Sports for women -- History.

9781501137099 (hc.)

9781501137105 (pbk.)

ix, 309 p. : ill. (some color) ; 29 cm.

Includes bibliographical references.

1964 Japanese volleyball team -- 1976 Yale crew team -- 1984 Cuban national women's basketball team -- Abby Hoffman -- Alfreda Jackson, Ruth Harris, Clementine Redmond, Lillian Hardy -- Alice Coachman -- Alice Marble -- Alison Jane Hargreaves -- All American Red Heads -- Althea Gibson -- Andrea Jaeger -- Anita DeFrantz -- Anke-Eve Goldmann -- Ann Koger -- Annie Smith Peck -- AnnMaria De Mars -- Arlene Blum -- Babe Didrikson Zaharias -- Bakersfield Junior College women's swim team -- Barbara Polk Washburn -- Bernice Gera -- Bernice Sandler -- Betty Cook -- Betty Robinson -- Billie Jean King and the Battle of the Sexes -- Briana Scurry -- Carol Rose and Theresa Sams -- Cathy Rush/Immaculata College -- Chicago Daily Defender 17th annual Handicap Bowling Tournament of 1965 -- Chris Von Saltza -- Christy Martin -- Conchita Cintron -- Constance Applebee -- Debi Thomas -- Denise McCluggage -- Diana Nyad -- Diane Crump -- Dick, Kerr's Ladies FC -- Donna de Varona -- Dorothy Wise -- Earlene Brown -- Edith Green -- Edith Houghton -- Eleanor Holm Jarrett -- Elspeth Beard -- Emma Gatewood -- Enriqueta Basilio -- Eunice Kennedy Shriver -- Evonne Goolagong Cawley -- Fanny Bullock Workman -- Florence Arthaud -- Florence Leontine "Pancho" Barnes -- Gabriela Anderson-Schiess -- Gertrude Ederle -- Gladys Heldman -- Gretchen Fraser -- Helme Suuk -- Isabel Lethem -- Jackie Tonawanda -- Janet Collins -- Janet Guthrie -- Jean Balukas -- Joan Weston -- Joan Whitney Payson -- Joe Carstairs -- Joyce Walker -- Junko Tabei -- Jutta Kleinschmidt -- Kathrine Switzer -- Kathryn "Kathy" Kusner -- Kay Yow -- Keiko Fukuda -- Kim Cespedes -- Kim Gilbert -- Kim and Sylvia Green -- Kinue Hitomi -- Kitty O'Neil -- Korean deep sea divers -- Laura Thornhill and Lacey Baker -- Lavonne "Pepper" Paire-Davis -- Libby Riddles -- Linda Jefferson -- Lisa Olson -- Lorraine Williams -- Louise Stokes and Tidy Pickett -- Lynn Hill -- Manon Rhéaume -- Margaret Dunkle and Abby Wambach -- Margaret McGregor -- Margaret Murphy -- Margo Oberg -- Maribel Owen, Laurence Owen, Maribel Vinson-Owen -- Marilyn Bell -- Marilyn Neufville -- Mary McGee -- Melissa Ludtke -- Miriam "Lady Tyger" Trimiar -- Molly Bolin Kazmer -- Nadia Comaneci -- Nan Aspinwall -- Nawal El Moutawakel -- Neroli Fairhall -- Nurses softball team -- Olga Korbut -- Ora Washington -- Pam Oliver and Cari Champion -- Pat Laursen -- Pat Summitt -- Patti McGee -- Peggy Oki -- Penny Pitou -- Renée Richards -- Rhythm in Orange -- Rica Reinisch -- Robin Herman -- Robyn Smith, Barbara Ader, and Brenda Wilson -- Ruberta Mitchell -- Rusty Kanokogi -- Shawna Robinson -- Sheryl Swoopes/Nike Air Swoopes -- Shirley and Sharon Firth -- Shirley Muldowney -- Stella Walsh -- Surya Bonaly -- Susan Butcher -- Tennessee Tigerbelles -- Toni Stone -- Trudy Beck -- Violet Palmer -- Wake-Robin Golf Club -- Wayland Baptist Flying Queens -- Wilma Rudolph -- WomenSports magazine -- Wyomia Tyus -- Zola Budd.

"Based on the Instagram account @TheUnsungHeroines, a celebration of the pioneering, forgotten female athletes of the twentieth century that features rarely seen photos and new interviews with past and present gamechangers including Abby Wambach and Cari Champion. Featuring icons Althea Gibson and Wyomia Tyus, complete unknowns Virginia Gilder and Conchita Cintron, policymaker Patsy Mink, sportswriter Lisa Olson, and many more, Game Changers gives these "founding mothers" the attention and recognition they deserve, and features critical conversations between past and present gamechangers - including former US Women's National Soccer Team captain Abby Wambach and SportsCenter anchor Cari Champion - about what it means to be a woman on and off the field."--Provided by publisher.

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