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Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 2
Description
The book provides first-person insight through exciting interviews with professional female athletes, including Canadian hockey player Cassie Campbell, American MMA fighter Miesha Tate, and WNBA star Elena Delle Donne. Along the way, author and sports journalist Kristina Rutherford covers important topics like opportunity, female role models, and stereotypes.
Author
Pub. Date
c2005
Description
"Finalist for the 2006 Billie Award in Journalism, Women's Sport Foundation" "Honorable Mention for the 2006 Myers Outstanding Book Award" Welch Suggs is associate director of the Knight Foundation Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics and is also pursuing a Ph.D. in education policy at the University of Georgia. He is the former senior editor for athletics at the Chronicle of Higher Education, and has written about sports for the Kansas City Star...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2021.
Description
"Describes the pay gap between professional male and female athletes, including the history of the pay gap, reasons it still persists, and steps athletes are taking to reduce the gap. Includes critical "Think About It" questions and "Case Study" special features"--
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.2 - AR Pts: 2
Description
Recounts ten high points in the history of women's athletic competition, including Babe Zaharias's performance at the 1930 Olympics, the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League, and the final game in the 1999 Women's World Cup.
14) Rose Bowl
Author
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 1
Description
"Provides information about the Rose Bowl championship, including analysis of the sport, an outline of its rules, and information about the location where the competition takes place. Intended for a fourth to sixth grade audience"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Pub. Date
c2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 4
Description
Presents profiles describing how women athletes not only made a lasting impact on their sport but also on society by overcoming discrimination against their gender, and sometimes their race, and by challenging popular misconceptions about women and sports.
Pub. Date
[1998]
Description
"This encyclopedia provides short biographical entries with time and place of birth and then spells out the women's athletic accomplishments. It also includes historical articles, such as 'Badminton and Women' and sociological/psychological entries, such as 'Goal Setting and Women.'" Voice Youth Advocates. "This clearly written book offers more information about American female athletes than any other single source." SLJ.
20) Girls and sports
Series
Pub. Date
2010
Description
Examines both sides of issues pertaining to girl athletes, from how gender influences participation to how participation affects girls' health, and from school support for girls'sports programs to cultural implications.
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