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001			on1121084560
003			OCoLC
005			20200730151424.0
008			190929s2020 nyuaf e b 000 0beng d
040			_aYDX _beng _erda _cYDX _dBDX _dYDXIT _dWIM _dOCLCQ _dGL4 _dNFG
020			_a9781617758195 _q(hardcover)
020			_a1617758191 _q(hardcover)
035			_a(OCoLC)1121084560
043			_ae-uk-en
092			_aDOD, L. _bA161
049			_aNFGA
100	1		_aAbramsky, Sasha, _eauthor. _9144209
245	1	0	_aLittle wonder : _bthe fabulous story of Lottie Dod, the worlds first female sports superstar / _cSasha Abramsky.
264		1	_aBrooklyn, New York : _bEdge of Sports, _c[2020]
300			_a280 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : _billustrations ; _c23 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references.
520			_a"Lottie Dod was a truly extraordinary sports figure who blazed trails of glory in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Dod won Wimbledon five times, and did so for the first time in 1887, at the ludicrously young age of fifteen. After she grew bored with competitive tennis, she moved on to and excelled in myriad other sports: she became a leading ice skater and tobogganist, a mountaineer, an endurance bicyclist, a hockey player, a British ladies' golf champion, and an Olympic silver medalist in archery. In her time, Dod had a huge following, but her years of distinction occurred just before the rise of broadcast media. By the outset of World War I, she was largely a forgotten figure; she died alone and without fanfare in 1960. Little Wonder brings this remarkable woman's story to life, contextualizing it against a backdrop of rapid social change and tectonic shifts in the status of women in society. Dod was born into a world in which even upper-class women such as herself could not vote, were restricted in owning property, and were assumed to be fragile and delicate. Women of Lottie Dod's class were expected not to work and to definitely get married. Dod never married and never had children, instead putting heart and soul into training to be the best athlete she could possibly be. Paving the way for the likes of Billie Jean King, Serena Williams, and other top female athletes of today, Dod accepted no limits, no glass ceilings, and always refused to compromise."--Amazon.com.
600	1	0	_aDod, Charlotte.
650		0	_aWomen tennis players _zEngland _vBiography.
650		0	_aTennis players _zEngland _vBiography.
650		0	_aWomen athletes _zEngland _vBiography.
650		0	_aAthletes _zEngland _vBiography.
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