Outstanding Women Athletes: Who They Are and How They Influenced Sports in America

by Oryx Publishing and Janet Woolum -

This resource book contains a narrative history of women's participation in competitive sports at the collegiate, amateur and/or professional level from the late 19th century through 1991 and a description of women's participation in the Olympics. Sixty biographies of athletes who, through their skill and dedication, were Olympic and/or world championship medal winners, or positively influenced women's sports, are included within the following 16...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0897747135
• ISBN13: 9780897747134
• Release Date: January 1992
• Publisher: Oryx Press
• Length: 279 Pages
• Age Range: 10 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 5 and higher