A to Z of Women: American Women in Sports
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
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