A to Z of Women: American Women in Sports

Editor/Author Edelson, Paula
Publication Year: 2016
Publisher: Facts On File

Price: Core Collection Only
ISBN: 978-1-4381-5004-8
Category: Social Sciences - Women, Gender, & Sexuality Studies
Image Count: 26
Book Status: Available
Table of Contents

This A-to-Z format biographical dictionary covers notable American women in sports - both athletes and coaches - and is inclusive regionally, chronologically, and multiculturally.

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Table of Contents

  • American Women in Sports
  • A
  • Ackerman, Valerie
  • Akers, Michelle
  • Albright, Tenley
  • Ali, Laila
  • Andersen, Lisa
  • Ashford, Evelyn
  • Austin, Tracy
  • B
  • Babashoff, Shirley
  • Bauer, Sybil
  • Bell, Judy
  • Benoit Samuelson, Joan
  • Berenson, Senda
  • Berg, Patty
  • Blair, Bonnie
  • Blazejowski, Carol
  • Bleibtrey, Ethelda
  • Borders, Ila
  • Brisco-Hooks, Valerie
  • Brough, Louise
  • Butcher, Susan
  • C
  • Capriati, Jennifer
  • Carillo, Mary
  • Carpenter-Phinney, Connie
  • Caulkins, Tracy
  • Chadwick, Florence
  • Chastain, Brandi
  • Clement, Amanda
  • Coachman, Alice
  • Connolly, Maureen
  • Cook, Willa McGuire
  • Cooper, Cynthia
  • Croteau, Julie
  • Curtis, Ann
  • D
  • de Varona, Donna
  • Decker Slaney, Mary
  • DeFrantz, Anita
  • Devers, Gail
  • Didrikson, Babe
  • Dragila, Stacy
  • Driscoll, Jean
  • E
  • Ederle, Gertrude
  • Edwards, Teresa
  • Evans, Janet
  • Evert, Chris
  • F
  • Fernandez, Lisa
  • Fleming, Peggy
  • Flowers, Vonetta
  • Fraser, Gretchen
  • G
  • Gera, Bernice
  • Gibb, Roberta
  • Gibson, Althea
  • Golden, Diana
  • Granato, Cammi
  • Gregory, Ann Moore
  • Griffith Joyner, Florence
  • Guthrie, Janet
  • H
  • Hamill, Dorothy
  • Hamm, Mia
  • Hansell, Ellen Ford
  • Haworth, Cheryl
  • Heiss, Carol
  • Henie, Sonja
  • Hill, Lynn
  • Holdsclaw, Chamique
  • Holm, Eleanor
  • Houghton, Edith
  • Hughes, Sarah
  • Hyman, Flo
  • I
  • Inkster, Juli
  • J
  • Jackson, Nell
  • Jacobs, Helen
  • Jennings, Lynn
  • Jones, Marion
  • Joyce, Joan
  • Joyner-Kersee, Jackie
  • K
  • Kamenshek, Dottie
  • Kerrigan, Nancy
  • King, Betsy
  • King, Billie Jean
  • King, Micki
  • Krone, Julie
  • Kuscsik, Nina
  • Kwan, Michelle
  • L
  • Ladewig, Marion
  • Lawrence, Andrea Mead
  • Leslie, Lisa
  • Lieberman, Nancy
  • Lipinski, Tara
  • Lopez, Nancy
  • Lopiano, Donna
  • Ludtke, Melissa
  • M
  • Marble, Alice
  • McCormick, Pat
  • McCutcheon, Floretta
  • Meagher, Mary Terstegge
  • Meyer, Debbie
  • Meyers, Ann
  • Miller, Cheryl
  • Mitchell, Jackie
  • Moore, Elisabeth
  • Muldowney, Shirley
  • Murdoch, Margaret
  • N
  • Navratilova, Martina
  • Nelson, Maud
  • Nyad, Diana
  • O
  • Oakley, Annie
  • Oberg, Margo
  • Outerbridge, Mary Ewing
  • P
  • Peppler, Mary Jo
  • Pickett, Tidye, and Louise Stokes
  • Postema, Pam
  • R
  • Rawls, Betsy
  • Retton, Mary Lou
  • Richardson, Dot
  • Riddles, Libby
  • Rigby, Cathy
  • Riggin, Aileen
  • Riley, Dawn
  • Roberts, Robin
  • Rudolph, Wilma
  • S
  • Saunders, Tricia
  • Sears, Eleonora
  • Seles, Monica
  • Shain, Eva
  • St. James, Lyn
  • Staley, Dawn
  • Stephens, Helen
  • Stone, Toni
  • Street, Picabo
  • Strug, Kerri
  • Suggs, Louise
  • Summitt, Pat Head
  • Switzer, Katherine
  • Swoopes, Sheryl
  • T
  • Thompson, Jenny
  • Torrence, Gwen
  • Trason, Ann
  • Tyus, Wyomia
  • V
  • Vare, Glenna
  • W
  • Wade, Margaret
  • Washington, Ora
  • White, Nera
  • White, Willye
  • Whitworth, Kathy
  • Williams, Esther
  • Williams, Venus and Serena
  • Wills, Helen
  • Woodard, Lynette
  • Wright, Mickey
  • Y
  • Yamaguchi, Kristi
  • Young, Sheila
  • Recommended Sources on American Women in Sports