Female Olympians

Author : Linda K. Fuller
Publisher : Springer
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2016-12-07
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781137582812

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Female Olympians by Linda K. Fuller Pdf

This book examines women's participation in the Olympic Games since they were allowed to be included in that global arena. Using a holistic, social scientific approach, and emphasizing the rhetoric of sport mediatization, Female Olympians reviews the literature relative to sexism, racism, and ageism before providing historical, political, economic, and socio-cultural perspectives such as the gendered language of Olympic reportage, religious considerations, women’s bodies relative to their training for the Games, drugs and doping, and female Paralympians. With numerous critical case studies, never-before assembled data, and personal interviews with athletes, this volume offers insights that both investigate and celebrate female Olympians’ successes.

Author : Linda K. Fuller
Publisher : Springer
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2018-10-04
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783319767925

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Female Olympian and Paralympian Events by Linda K. Fuller Pdf

Female Olympian and Paralympian Events is a groundbreaking book that examines women’s sports in the Olympic and Paralympic Games, which have long been underappreciated and under-analyzed. The book begins with a brief background on women’s participation in the Olympic Games and their role relative to the International Olympic Committee, then introduces the underlying Gendered Critical Discourse Analysis theory used throughout the book’s analysis before delving into a literature review of female Olympians and Paralympians’ events. It includes a listing of noteworthy “firsts” in the field, followed by individual discussions of twenty-eight Summer and seven Winter events, analyzed according to their historical, rhetorical, and popular cultural representations. Women’s unique role(s) in the various events are discussed, particular athletes and Paralympic events are highlighted, and original tables are also included. At the end of each section, affiliated organizations and resources are included in this invaluable referential volume.

Author : A. D. Emerson
Publisher : Darmonte Enterprises
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : African American athletes
ISBN : 0967634806

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Olympians Against the Wind by A. D. Emerson Pdf

Portraits of Black American female athletes and their stories at the Olympic Games.

Author : Jill Bryant
Publisher : The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
Page : 88 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2011-12-15
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781448860012

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Women Athletes Who Changed the World by Jill Bryant Pdf

Collects short biographies of important female athletes, including Julie Krone, the Williams sisters, and Michelle Wie.

Author : Ron Hotchkiss
Publisher : Tundra Books
Page : 275 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2012-01-11
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781770490673

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The Matchless Six by Ron Hotchkiss Pdf

It is July 1928, and Canada’s first women’s Olympic team — “The Matchless Six” — is heading to Amsterdam, the site of the ninth Olympiad of the modern era. Canada’s finest female track-and-field athletes, having survived rigorous training and the grueling selection process at the Olympic Trials, were determined to take their big talent and big dreams to the top. Meet Jane Bell, Myrtle Cook, Bobbie Rosenfeld, and Ethel Smith, the “Flying Four” who comprised Canada’s first relay team; Ethel Catherwood, the “Saskatoon Lily,” who became the champion high-jumper and the most photographed female athlete at the Olympic Games; and Jean Thompson, the youngest member of the team at seventeen, who became one of the world’s most outstanding middle-distance runners. It was an impressive achievement: “A team of six from Canada, a country of less than ten million, competed against 121 athletes from 21 countries, whose total population was 300 million.” Impressive indeed. For many years, historian Ron Hotchkiss has been fascinated by “The Matchless Six,” the conquering heroines who took Amsterdam by storm. His extensive research has led to this riveting account, full of black-and-white archival photographs, of the events leading up to and following that fateful summer in the history of Canadian sport.

Author : Lyndsay Doyle
Publisher : FriesenPress
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2020-11-02
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 9781525578847

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Strong and Free by Lyndsay Doyle Pdf

Adolescent girls are dropping out of sports at an alarming rate, despite having more opportunities than ever before. More than that, mainstream media coverage of women’s sports has declined over the last twenty years, and currently accounts for less than 5 percent of the total. Is it possible that there’s a connection between these dispiriting statistics? Is it possible that young girls would have a better chance of staying in sports if they could actually see the older equivalent of themselves more often? With Strong and Free, Lyndsay Doyle believes we have the power to change their lifestyle trajectories through photographs. Here is inspiration for Canadian female athletes, coaches, and officials in one collection, assembled in the hopes of expanding media coverage of female sports and encouraging young girls to enroll and stay involved. These photographs capture sporting women in all walks of life—all ages, all body types, from beginners to Olympians. These women share common traits that often transcend sports: determination, perseverance, dedication, patience, and responsibility for showing young girls how sport can benefit them. Strong and Free gives these incredible role models for young girls a powerful voice. Our girls are watching us. Our nieces, cousins, sisters, neighbours, daughters. If we don’t show them what they’re capable of, who will?

Author : Rachel Ignotofsky
Publisher : Crown Books for Young Readers
Page : 30 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2021-06-22
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780593381175

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Women in Sports by Rachel Ignotofsky Pdf

New York Times bestseller Rachel Ignotofsky's Women in Sports comes to the youngest readers in board format! Highlighting the pioneering efforts of women athletes, this board book edition of the original bestseller features simpler text and Rachel Ignotofsky's signature beautiful illustrations reimagined for younger readers to introduce the perfect role models for inspiring a love of sports. The collection includes diverse women across various sports, time periods, and geographic location. The perfect gift for every future athlete!

Author : Lindsay Parks Pieper,Jörg Krieger
Publisher : Common Ground Research Networks
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2023-06-26
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781957792477

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Women in the Olympics by Lindsay Parks Pieper,Jörg Krieger Pdf

Women in the Olympics traces the history of women in the Olympic Games. This pocket book offers details about important milestones in Olympic history and illustrates the salient themes that have shaped women’s involvement in the Games. From ancient times to today, women have always had a tenuous position in the Olympics. When Pierre de Coubertin founded the modern Olympic Movement at the end of the nineteenth century, he did not include women in his vision. He viewed the Olympics as a way for boys to cultivate manliness and men to demonstrate masculinity. Women eventually overcame such prejudices and competed at 1900 Olympics. Despite their inclusion, they remained beset by roadblocks. Sports that Olympic officials considered too grueling, taxing, or physical remained off limits to women. Leaders introduced sex tests to remove muscular female Olympians who breached gender norms from the Games. The Olympics were inaccessible for women in certain countries. And women remained severely underrepresented in the Olympic governance structure. Women in the Olympics shows how women have continuously fought for increased opportunities as athletes, equal access to elite sports, and a place in the decision-making process.

Author : Sherri Mabry Gordon
Publisher : Enslow Publishing, LLC
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2016-12-15
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780766081482

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Women Athletes by Sherri Mabry Gordon Pdf

It’s hard to believe, but there was a time not long ago when girls and women were discouraged from participating in sports. Thanks to the women who ignored society’s rules and also to a piece of legislation called Title IX, girls in the United States—and around the world—began flocking to tracks, fields, and courts to enjoy all the benefits that come from playing a sport. This book celebrates women athletes through the ages, from early Olympians to present powerhouses like Serena Williams and Missy Franklin. Also included are chapter notes, a glossary, a further reading section containing books and websites, and an index.

Author : Stephanie Daniels,Anita Tedder
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Olympics
ISBN : UOM:39015058236566

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'A Proper Spectacle' by Stephanie Daniels,Anita Tedder Pdf

Author : Lindsay Pieper
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2016-05-30
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780252098444

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Sex Testing by Lindsay Pieper Pdf

In 1968, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) implemented sex testing for female athletes at that year's Games. When it became clear that testing regimes failed to delineate a sex divide, the IOC began to test for gender --a shift that allowed the organization to control the very idea of womanhood. Lindsay Parks Pieper explores sex testing in sport from the 1930s to the early 2000s. Focusing on assumptions and goals as well as means, Pieper examines how the IOC in particular insisted on a misguided binary notion of gender that privileged Western norms. Testing evolved into a tool to identify--and eliminate--athletes the IOC deemed too strong, too fast, or too successful. Pieper shows how this system punished gifted women while hindering the development of women's athletics for decades. She also reveals how the flawed notions behind testing--ideas often sexist, racist, or ridiculous--degraded the very idea of female athleticism.

Author : Joan Steidinger
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 145 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2023-06-14
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 9781442230347

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Sisterhood in Sports by Joan Steidinger Pdf

Sisterhood in Sports: How Female Athletes Collaborate and Compete tells the stories of all kinds of female athletes in a variety of sports. Their natural tendency to use talking as a primary form of communication is essential to their experiences and successes in sports. Women and girls tend to have BFFs, collaborate during periods of stress, express empathy for one another, worry about themselves and others, and desire to have fun in sports, which makes their experiences of sports and competition different from their male counterparts. Female strengths are grounded in both mind and body, and they take these strengths onto the court, field, and track. There are now dozens of studies showing how the female brain and hormones operate quite differently than those of men. This book reveals the ways in which these differences confirm that intense emotions about relationships are part of the sporting life for female competitors. Joan Steidinger uses real stories to show that women and girls compete at very high

Author : Aileen Weintraub
Publisher : Running Press Kids
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2021-05-04
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780762497812

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We Got Game! by Aileen Weintraub Pdf

A Mighty Girl's Best Book of the Year! Inspire kids to be their best selves and get involved in social change with this stunning anthology about thirty-five amazing women in sports around the world and throughout history. Do you play sports? Maybe you dream about scoring a goal on the soccer field or hitting a home run in baseball. Perhaps you're thinking about trying a new sport, but you're still not sure. In We Got Game! you'll meet thirty-five female athletes who played hard, broke records, and inspired girls around the world. Some of these athletes have retired. Others are still competing. But they have one thing in common: they all got game! You'll read about the first woman horse jockey to compete in the Kentucky Derby, the number one tennis player in the world, a surfer who lost her arm in a shark attack, and a snow boarder who landed a death-defying jump, along with many others. These female athletes prove that girls can do anything! Simone Biles * Gretchen Bleiler * Hannah Cockroft * Misty Copeland * Diane Crump * Sasha DiGiulian * Gabby Douglas * Grete Eliassen * Marlen Esparza * Lisa Fernandez * Althea Gibson * Bethany Hamilton * Mia Hamm * Jackie Joyner-Kersee * Billie Jean King * Phaidra Knight * Silken Laumann * Nancy Lopez * Tatyana McFadden * Ibtihaj Mohammad * Danica Patrick * Megan Rapinoe * Mary Lou Retton * Manon Rhéaume * Ronda Rousey * Wilma Rudolph * Junko Tabei * Dara Torres * Elana Myers Taylor * Marianne Vos * Abby Wambach * Maria Toorpakai Wazir * Jen Welter * Serena Williams * Kristi Yamaguchi

Author : Sheldon Anderson
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 245 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2017-09-08
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781442277564

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The Forgotten Legacy of Stella Walsh by Sheldon Anderson Pdf

Stella Walsh, who was born in Poland but raised in the United States, competed for Poland at the 1932 and 1936 Olympics, winning gold and silver in the 100 meters. Running and jumping competitively for three decades, Walsh also won more than 40 U.S. national championships and set dozens of world records. In 1975, she was inducted into the National Track and Field Hall of Fame, yet Stella Walsh’s impressive accomplishments have been almost entirely ignored. In The Forgotten Legacy of Stella Walsh: The Greatest Female Athlete of Her Time, Sheldon Anderson tells the story of her remarkable life. A pioneer in women’s sports, Walsh was one of the first globetrotting athletes, running in meets all over North America, Europe, and Asia. While her accomplishments are undeniable, Walsh’s legacy was called into question after her murder in 1980. Walsh’s autopsy revealed she had ambiguous genitalia, which prompted many to demand that her awards be rescinded. In addition to telling her fascinating story, The Forgotten Legacy of Stella Walsh provides a close look at the early days of women’s track and field. This book also examines the complicated and controversial question of sex and gender identity in athletics—an issue very much in the news today. Featuring numerous photographs that help bring to life Walsh’s story and the times in which she lived, this biography will interest and inform historians of sport and women’s studies, as well as anyone who wants to learn more about a Polish immigrant who was once the fastest woman alive.

Author : D. Margaret Costa,Sharon Ruth Guthrie
Publisher : Human Kinetics
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0873226860

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Women and Sport by D. Margaret Costa,Sharon Ruth Guthrie Pdf

Study of the past, present, and future of women in sport.