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Sisterhood in sports : how female athletes collaborate and compete / by Steidinger, Joan.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Sisterhood in sports: talking, relationships, and the unique qualities of female athletes -- Best friends forever: teenage trials and building long-lasting friendships -- The family that plays together stays together -- Athletic moms' challenges -- Romantic relationships -- Body image of female athletes -- Team spirit: practicing collaboration and camaraderie -- Coaches are cornerstones -- Pioneering female athletes laid the foundation -- Female collaborative competition: girls just wanna have fun."Sisterhood in Sports: How Female Athletes Collaborate and Compete tells the stories of all kinds of female athletes in a variety of sports. Their natural tendency to use talking as a primary form of communication is essential to their experiences and successes in sports. Women and girls tend to have BFFs, collaborate during periods of stress, express empathy for one another, worry about themselves and others, and desire to have fun in sports, which makes their experiences of sports and competition different from those of their male counterparts. Female strengths are grounded in both mind and body, and they take these strengths onto the court, field, and track." -- Back Cover
Subjects: Sports for women.; Women athletes.; Women athletes;
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What makes Olga run? : the mystery of the ninety-something track star and what she can teach us about living longer, happier lives / by Grierson, Bruce,author.;
"In What Makes Olga Run? Bruce Grierson explores what the wild success of a ninety-three-year-old track star can tell us about how our bodies and minds age. Olga Kotelko is not your average ninety-three-year-old. She not only looks and acts like a much younger woman, she holds over twenty-three world records in track and field, seventeen in her current ninety to ninety-five category. Convinced that this remarkable woman could help unlock many of the mysteries of aging, Grierson set out to uncover what it is that's driving Olga. He considers every piece of the puzzle, from her diet and sleep habits to how she scores on various personality traits, from what she does in her spare time to her family history. Olga participates in tests administered by some of the world's leading scientists and offers her DNA to groundbreaking research trials. What emerges is not only a tremendously uplifting personal story but a look at the extent to which our health and longevity are determined by the DNA we inherit at birth, and the extent to which we can shape that inheritance. It examines the sum of our genes, opportunities, and choices, and the factors that forge the course of any life, especially during"--Journalist Bruce Grierson presents the story of 95-year-old Canadian track and field athlete Olga Kotelko, who took up track at age 77 for fun.Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-231) and index.Rust never sleeps -- The adversity hypothesis -- Tests of mind -- The sweat prescription -- An evolutionary theory of Olga -- Tests of body -- Habits -- Personality -- What makes Olga run? -- Olga and me -- Going deeper -- Shadows -- Coda: nine rules for living.
Subjects: Kotelko, Olga, 1919-; Women track and field athletes; Older women athletes;
© 2014., Henry Holt,
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Trailblazers, Black women who helped make America great. American firsts/American icons / by David, Gabrielle,author.; Feng, Carolina Fung,editor.;
Includes bibliography (pages 615-637) and index.Sojourner Truth -- Harriet Tubman -- Mary Church Terrell -- Rosina Corrothers Tucker -- Ella Baker -- Maida Springer Kemp -- Pauli Murray -- Dorothy I. Height -- Rosa Parks -- Fannie Lou Hamer -- Clara Day -- Addie Wyatt -- Coretta Scott King -- Myrlie Evers-Williams -- Betty Shabazz -- Daine Nash -- Peggy Shepard -- Pierrette Talley -- Dorceta E. Taylor -- Dadiatou Diallo -- Michelle Alexander -- Glynda C. Carr -- Lezley McSpadden -- Leah Penniman -- Lasaia Wade -- Josephine Baker -- Katherine Dunham -- Margot Webb -- Jeni Legon -- Janet Collins -- Pearl Primus -- Mabie Lee -- Mary Hinkson -- Myers Brown -- Carmen De Lavallade -- Raven Wilkinson -- Judith Jamison -- Blondell Cummings -- Dianne McIntyre -- Virginia Johnson -- Jawole Willa Jo Zollar -- Dianne Walker -- Debra Austin -- Cynthia Olivers -- Fatima Robinson -- Dormeshia -- Camille A. Brown -- Misty Copeland -- Michaela Mabinty Deprince -- Ora Washington -- Toni Stone -- Alice Coachman -- Athea Gibson -- Wilma Rudolph -- Jackie Joyner-Kersee -- Cheryl Miller -- Violet Palmer -- Debi Thomas -- Dawn Staley -- Briana Scurry -- Sheryl Swoopes -- Ann Wolfe -- Lisa Leslie -- Dominique Dawes -- Maritza Correia McClendon -- Serena Williams -- Allyson Felix -- Ibtihaj Muhammad -- Blake Bolden -- Bianca Smith -- Erin Jackson -- Simone Biles.The past four hundred years have seen unprecedented growth in virtually every conceivable realm of life, from medicine to the arts, technology to finance. Far too often, however, when we think of the movers, shakers, and innovators behind these transformations, we picture a host of men - and white men, at that. With Trailblazers, Gabrielle David remedies that. The first anthology of black female innovators published in more than fifteen years, Trailblazers introduces us to more than one hundred and fifty American black women who have been instrumental in creating our contemporary life. We learn about activists and politicians like Fannie Lou Hamer, who in 1964 changed the Democratic National Convention forever by protesting efforts to disenfranchise black voters in her native Mississippi, and Lelia Foley, a black woman who overcame racism and poverty to become the first female African American mayor in the United States in 1973. David also introduces us to entertainers, athletes, and businesswomen - though not always in predictable ways. Beyoncé Knowles-Carter makes an appearance, for example, not for her musical career, but as a businesswoman, reminding us of her multifaceted triumphs. David brings this volume together with a clarion call for recognition of the transformative work black women have done and continue to do. She reminds us of the debt we owe to these unsung heroes--and the place black women deserve at the table.
Subjects: African American women; Women political activists; Women dancers; Women athletes;
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When women stood : the untold history of females who changed sports and the world / by Allred, Alexandra,1965-author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."When Women Stood is an unapologetically new sport and social history that unveils the often-overlooked chronicle of women and their fight for equality. From early Amazons and suffragists to modern-day athletes and social influencers, this is an eye-opening history of women told through the always-influential world of sports"--When Women Stood is an eye-opening chronicle of the amazing women who refused to accept the status quo and fought for something better for themselves and for those who would follow. Featuring exclusive insight from athletes such as Jackie Joyner-Kersee, Kathrine Switzer, Nancy Lieberman, Briana Scurry, and Nancy Hogshead-Maker, this book includes the stories of female football players, Olympic athletes, powerlifters, and soccer stars, of historians, archeologists, crusaders, and scientists. Women's sports history cannot be told without also telling the story of the fight for gender and racial equality, economics, medical biases, gay and transgender history, violence, religion, media, abuse, and activism. When Women Stood is the first to go beyond the record books and gold medal counts to truly dig into the vital role women and sports have played in instigating change in society as a whole. And it shows that, despite seemingly unsurmountable odds, the true spirit of the female athlete can never be restrained. -- Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Women athletes; Women athletes; Sports for women; Sports for women; Sex discrimination in sports; Sex discrimination in sports;
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Hard fought victories : women coaches making a difference / by Gogol, Sara.;
Includes bibliographical references (p. 255-265) and index.Profiles coaches from a wide variety of sports--basketball, volleyball, tennis, softball, track, cross country, soccer, rowing, field hockey, lacrosse, cross country, and ice hockey--at U.S. colleges. Offers inspiring stories about the strong, competitive women who have helped reshape women's collegiate sports. The coaches profiled include Tara VanDerveer, the 1996 Olympic basketball coach and winner of two national championships at Stanford; ice hockey coaches Digit Murphy, who was involved in the ground-breaking Title IX lawsuit against Brown University, and Shannon Miller, the only female head coach for women's ice hockey at the 1998 Olympics; national championship winning track coach Beverly Kearney and championship winning softball coach Margie Wright; head coach and mother Muffet McGraw, whose 2001 team brought Notre Dame its first-ever women's basketball championship; and many more women who coach at both well-known and less prominent colleges across the country.
Subjects: Coaches (Athletics); Women coaches (Athletics); Sex discrimination in sports; Sports for women;
© c2002., Wish Pub. ; Distributed in the U.S. by Cardinal Publishers Group,
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Start by believing : Larry Nassar's crimes, the institutions that enabled him, and the brave women who stopped a monster / by Barr, Johnauthor.; Murphy, Dan(Sportswriter),author.;
The awkward introvert -- The absolute monarch -- Pushing the boundaries -- What price glory? -- Absolute fury -- All that glitters -- The ranch -- Money and medals -- The pitbull -- Spartan silence -- Hide-and-seek -- Statute of limitations -- "Souls fall...like snowflakes" -- The perfect storm -- Fierce five -- What's wrong with this picture? -- A formal complaint -- "A great bullshitter" -- The cover story -- Damage control -- Cracking under pressure -- Coming forward -- Breaking news -- Fallout begins -- Trash day -- Victim-centered -- Critical testimony -- Defensive posture -- The national spotlight -- Uncivil actions -- Striking a deal -- Armed and ready -- Expanding ranks -- A rare gift.Barr and Murphy tell the full devastating story of former physician Larry Nassar's serial abuse of America's elite gymnasts and others -- for over a quarter century. They reveal the win-at-all-costs culture in youth athletics and higher education that enabled him. When warnings were raised, self-serving leaders chose to protect their organizations' reputations over the well-being of young people. -- adapted from jacket
Subjects: True crime stories.; Nassar, Larry.; Women athletes; Child sexual abuse; Child molesters; Sex crimes; Sexual abuse victims; Sports; Universities and colleges;
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Britt-Marie was here : a novel / by Backman, Fredrik,1981-;
Britt-Marie can't stand mess. She eats dinner at precisely the right time and starts her day at six in the morning because only lunatics wake up later than that. And she is not passive-aggressive. Not in the least. It's just that sometimes people interpret her helpful suggestions as criticisms, which is certainly not her intention. But at sixty-three, Britt-Marie has had enough. She finally walks out on her loveless forty-year marriage and finds a job in the only place she can: Borg, a small, derelict town devastated by the financial crisis. For the fastidious Britt-Marie, this new world of noisy children, muddy floors, and a roommate who is a rat (literally), is a hard adjustment. As for the citizens of Borg, with everything that they know crumbling around them, the only thing that they have left to hold onto is something Britt-Marie absolutely loathes: their love of soccer. When the village's youth team becomes desperate for a coach, they set their sights on her. She's the least likely candidate, but their need is obvious and there is no one else to do it. Thus begins a beautiful and unlikely partnership. In her new role as reluctant mentor to these lost young boys and girls, Britt-Marie soon finds herself becoming increasingly vital to the community. And even more surprisingly, she is the object of romantic desire for a friendly and handsome local policeman named Sven. In this world of oddballs and misfits, can Britt-Marie finally find a place where she belongs?
Subjects: Older women; Soccer teams; Conduct of life; Neighbors; Neighborhoods; Friendship; Runaway wives; Soccer stories.; Small cities; Women coaches (Athletics); Life change events;
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The rise of women in higher education : how, why, and what's next / by Berg, Gary A.,1955-author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."Today women are outperforming men in college attendance and academic achievement. Clearly, celebration for the tasks surmounted globally in opening broader access to higher education is called for, yet challenges remain, ones that are somewhat different than those apparent from the past. It's time to consider what this momentous change means for higher education and society. What forces are at play? What are the implications for higher education when women are a significant majority of students overall?"--Introduction: The rise of women in post-secondary education -- Participation of women in higher education -- Global perspectives on women, education, and literacy -- Women's and coeducational colleges -- Women's athletics in college and the impact of Title IX -- Learning outside the academy -- Late 20th century scholarly and pedagogical approaches -- Conclusion: What does the future hold?
Subjects: Women in higher education.; Academic achievement.;
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Maya Moore / by Savage, Jeff,1961-;
Includes bibliographical references (p. 31) and index.Presents the life and accomplishments of the female basketball player.
Subjects: Moore, Maya; Basketball players; Women basketball players; Moore, Maya.; Basketball players.; Women;
© c2012., Lerner Publications Co.,
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Lift : fitness culture, from naked Greeks and acrobats to jazzercise and ninja warriors / by Kunitz, Daniel.;
Includes bibliographical references ([283]-304) and index.Into the new frontier -- The inner statue -- But is it good for you? -- Feeling, breathing, going to war -- Bodyweight politics -- Hercules and the athletic Renaissance -- Training for the mirror -- Acrobats and beefcake -- The tyranny of the wheel -- From women's work to the women's movement -- Practicing at life."A cultural history of fitness explores the ways in which human exercise has changed over time and what can be learned from our athletic ancestors, evaluating whether today's high-tech exercise machines are actually productive while making recommendations based on early health practices"--"While we humans have been conditioning our bodies for more than 2,500 years, we've done so for a variety of reasons: to imitate gods, to be great warriors, to build nations and create communities, to achieve physical perfection, and, of course, to look good naked. Behind each of these goals is a story and method of exercise that not only illuminates the past but also sheds light on aspects of the widespread, multi-faceted fitness culture of today. Lift begins with the ancient Greeks, who made a cult of the human body--the word "gymnasium" derives from the Greek word for "naked"--and then takes us on an enlightening tour through time, following Asian martial artists, Persian pahlevans, nineteenth-century German gymnasts, and the bronzed bodies of California's Muscle Beach. Kunitz uncovers the seeds of the modern gym in the late nineteenth-century with the invention of the first weightlifting machines, and brings us all the way up to the ultimate game-changer: the feminist movement, which kicked off the exercise boom of the 1970s with aerobics, and ultimately helped create the big-box gyms we know today. Using his own decade-long journey to transform himself from a fast-food junkie into an ultra-fit--if aging--athlete as a jumping off point, Kunitz argues that another exercise revolution is underway now--a new frontier in fitness, in which the ideal of a bikini body is giving way to a focus on mastering the movements of life." -- Publisher's description
Subjects: Physical fitness; Physical education and training; Exercise;
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