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Dare to make history : chasing a dream and fighting for equity / Jocelyne Lamoureux-Davidson [and] Monique Lamoureux-Morando.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Radius Book Group, an imprint of Diversion Publishing Corp., 2021Copyright date: ©2021Edition: First editionDescription: 234 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781635767278
  • 163576727X
Subject(s):
Contents:
Foreword / Mike Brzezinski -- Introduction: Making the Team -- The Dream. It begins with a dream ; You have to swim the laps ; The path to winning ; Playing against boys ; Setting priorities: family, hockey, and school ; Nothing less than our best ; Just the start ; Teamwork ; Perspective ; Graduation -- Team USA. One is better than none ; The spin move of all time ; Vancouver 2010 ; Starting over ; Heart and character ; Triple overtime ; Sochi -- The Battle for Equity and Gold. A recipe for success ; Inequities: time to make a statement ; They all wanted to help ; One group, one voice, unbreakable ; Be bold for change ; Dare to make history ; Perfect timing ; Even stronger ; Pyeongchang ; Gold -- Bigger than Us. Almost famous ; Playing for two ; Cheer for the one behind ; Bigger than us -- Letters of Change
Summary: "Twins Jocelyne Lamoureux-Davidson and Monique Lamoureux-Morando started playing ice hockey with their four older brothers and their friends on a frozen pond next to their home in North Dakota. No girls hockey teams, no problem--they just played on boys teams. They went on to win six World Championships and played in three Olympics, winning two silver medals and ultimately a gold medal in South Korea in 2018 for the USA Women's National Team. They did not allow roadblocks and discrimination deter them from taking on their governing body--USA Hockey--threatening to boycott the 2017 World Championships and jeopardizing their ability to compete in the 2018 Olympics unless their gender equity issues were addressed. The success of Monique, Jocelyne, and their team thrust them into the center of the struggle for gender equity, for women in hockey and in sports in general, as well as in society at large. In Dare to Make History, the Lamoureux twins chronicle their journey to the pinnacle of their sport, their efforts along with almost 150 other hockey players to start a new professional women's hockey league, their training to come back and make another national team after giving birth, their tireless efforts to advance the interests of disadvantaged communities in closing the digital divide, and their ongoing contributions as role models championing the dreams of future generations of girls in sports, education, and the workplace" -- Provided by publisher.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Adult Book Adult Book Dr. James Carlson Library NonFiction 796.962 L236 Available 33111010662688
Adult Book Adult Book Main Library NonFiction 796.962 L236 Available 33111010538862
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Dare to Make History is the story of two courageous and talented women who weren't willing to accept anything less than being treated as equals. On their journey to a gold medal in women's ice hockey, they became role models for generations before and after them.

Twins Jocelyne Lamoureux-Davidson and Monique Lamoureux-Morando started playing ice hockey with their four older brothers and their friends on a frozen pond next to their home in North Dakota. No girls hockey teams, no problem―they just played on boys teams.

They went on to win six World Championships and played in three Olympics, winning two silver medals and ultimately a gold medal in South Korea in 2018 for the USA Women's National Team.

They did not allow roadblocks and discrimination deter them from taking on their governing body--USA Hockey--threatening to boycott the 2017 World Championships and jeopardizing their ability to compete in the 2018 Olympics unless their gender equity issues were addressed. The success of Monique, Jocelyne, and their team thrust them into the center of the struggle for gender equity, for women in hockey and in sports in general, as well as in society at large.

In Dare to Make History , the Lamoureux twins chronicle their journey to the pinnacle of their sport, their efforts along with almost 150 other hockey players to start a new professional women's hockey league, their training to come back and make another national team after giving birth, their tireless efforts to advance the interests of disadvantaged communities in closing the digital divide, and their ongoing contributions as role models championing the dreams of future generations of girls in sports, education, and the workplace.

This is not a hockey book. It is not a girls book. It is a book about the importance of the fight for equity, particularly gender equity. It is the inspirational story of how two young women from a small town in North Dakota have dreamed big--had the courage to take on huge battles--and in the end how they have dared to make history.

Includes index.

Foreword / Mike Brzezinski -- Introduction: Making the Team -- The Dream. It begins with a dream ; You have to swim the laps ; The path to winning ; Playing against boys ; Setting priorities: family, hockey, and school ; Nothing less than our best ; Just the start ; Teamwork ; Perspective ; Graduation -- Team USA. One is better than none ; The spin move of all time ; Vancouver 2010 ; Starting over ; Heart and character ; Triple overtime ; Sochi -- The Battle for Equity and Gold. A recipe for success ; Inequities: time to make a statement ; They all wanted to help ; One group, one voice, unbreakable ; Be bold for change ; Dare to make history ; Perfect timing ; Even stronger ; Pyeongchang ; Gold -- Bigger than Us. Almost famous ; Playing for two ; Cheer for the one behind ; Bigger than us -- Letters of Change

"Twins Jocelyne Lamoureux-Davidson and Monique Lamoureux-Morando started playing ice hockey with their four older brothers and their friends on a frozen pond next to their home in North Dakota. No girls hockey teams, no problem--they just played on boys teams. They went on to win six World Championships and played in three Olympics, winning two silver medals and ultimately a gold medal in South Korea in 2018 for the USA Women's National Team. They did not allow roadblocks and discrimination deter them from taking on their governing body--USA Hockey--threatening to boycott the 2017 World Championships and jeopardizing their ability to compete in the 2018 Olympics unless their gender equity issues were addressed. The success of Monique, Jocelyne, and their team thrust them into the center of the struggle for gender equity, for women in hockey and in sports in general, as well as in society at large. In Dare to Make History, the Lamoureux twins chronicle their journey to the pinnacle of their sport, their efforts along with almost 150 other hockey players to start a new professional women's hockey league, their training to come back and make another national team after giving birth, their tireless efforts to advance the interests of disadvantaged communities in closing the digital divide, and their ongoing contributions as role models championing the dreams of future generations of girls in sports, education, and the workplace" -- Provided by publisher.

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