Not playing by the rules : 21 female athletes who changed sports /

Cline-Ransome, Lesa,

Not playing by the rules : 21 female athletes who changed sports / Lesa Cline-Ransome. - First edition. - 1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 27 cm

Constance Applebee, field hockey -- Lizzie Arlington, baseball -- Ethelda Bleibtrey, swimming -- Mildred Ella "Babe" Didrikson Zaharias, golf -- Alice Coachman, track and field -- Joy Johnson, marathon running -- Althea Gibson, tennis -- Bobbi Gibb, marathon running -- Flo Hyman, volleyball -- Nancy Lieberman, basketball -- Nadia Comăneci, gymnastics -- Diana Golden, skiing -- Mia Hamm, soccer -- Lisa Leslie, basketball -- Venus and Serena Williams, tennis -- Ibtihaj Muhammad, fencing -- Tatyana McFadden, track and field -- Gabby Douglas, gymnastics -- Yusra Mardini, swimming -- Mo'ne Davis, baseball -- After the whistle.

Profiles noteworthy women athletes from field hockey pioneer Constance Applebee to Little League pitcher Mo'ne Davis, including Althea Gibson, Mia Hamm, and Syrian refugee swimmer Yusra Mardini.

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Women athletes--Biography--Juvenile literature.
Women athletes--United States--Biography--Juvenile literature.


Illustrated works.
Biographies.

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