Female Sporting Icons

Author : Kelly Boyer Sagert,Steven J. Overman
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 703 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2012-02-13
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9798216100614

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Icons of Women's Sport [2 volumes] by Kelly Boyer Sagert,Steven J. Overman Pdf

This collection of fascinating biographies of outstanding women athletes past and present including superstars such as Nadia Comaneci, Mia Hamm, Jackie-Joyner Kersee, Danica Patrick, and Serena and Venus Williams. Icons of Women's Sport identifies and examines the individuals who have impacted history, challenged the status quo, influenced sport culture, and garnered wide public interest. Including stars from the past and present, ranging from Babe Didrikson Zaharias and Billie Jean King to Dara Torres and Venus and Serena Williams, the featured athletes are iconic not only because of their achievements in the sports arena, but also because of their contributions to society: advancing cultural diversity and gender equity, breaking class barriers, and transcending stereotypes. The book contains biographies of 36 women athletes—American and international—who excelled in competitive sports from the post-World War I era through the modern era in a dozen different sports. Icons of Women's Sport spotlights athletes across a wide range of women's sports, with appropriate attention given to the major sports. Readers will enjoy learning about stars from both amateur and professional sports arenas, including Olympic athletes, as well as female competitors who have reached the top of their game in newer arenas such as golf and snowboarding.

Author : Steven J. Overman
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Athletes
ISBN : OCLC:1090051622

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Icons of Women's Sport by Steven J. Overman Pdf

Author : Leslie Heywood,Shari L. Dworkin
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 217 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0816636249

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Built to Win by Leslie Heywood,Shari L. Dworkin Pdf

Proposing a paradigm shift from second- to third-wave feminism, the authors argue that, in the years since the passage of Title IX, gender stereotypes have been destabilized in profound ways and assert that female athletes and their imagery are doing important cultural work to that end.

Author : Kelly Boyer Sagert,Steven J. Overman
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 668 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2012-02-13
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9780313385490

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Icons of Women's Sport [2 volumes] by Kelly Boyer Sagert,Steven J. Overman Pdf

This collection of fascinating biographies of outstanding women athletes past and present including superstars such as Nadia Comaneci, Mia Hamm, Jackie-Joyner Kersee, Danica Patrick, and Serena and Venus Williams. Icons of Women's Sport identifies and examines the individuals who have impacted history, challenged the status quo, influenced sport culture, and garnered wide public interest. Including stars from the past and present, ranging from Babe Didrikson Zaharias and Billie Jean King to Dara Torres and Venus and Serena Williams, the featured athletes are iconic not only because of their achievements in the sports arena, but also because of their contributions to society: advancing cultural diversity and gender equity, breaking class barriers, and transcending stereotypes. The book contains biographies of 36 women athletes—American and international—who excelled in competitive sports from the post-World War I era through the modern era in a dozen different sports. Icons of Women's Sport spotlights athletes across a wide range of women's sports, with appropriate attention given to the major sports. Readers will enjoy learning about stars from both amateur and professional sports arenas, including Olympic athletes, as well as female competitors who have reached the top of their game in newer arenas such as golf and snowboarding.

Author : Steven J. Overman,Kelly Boyer Sagert
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Electronic books
ISBN : 178539472X

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Icons of Women's Sport by Steven J. Overman,Kelly Boyer Sagert Pdf

This collection of fascinating biographies of outstanding women athletes past and present including superstars such as Nadia Comaneci, Mia Hamm, Jackie-Joyner Kersee, Danica Patrick, and Serena and Venus Williams.

Author : Nicole Willms
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2017-08-28
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9780813584171

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When Women Rule the Court by Nicole Willms Pdf

For nearly one hundred years, basketball has been an important part of Japanese American life. Women’s basketball holds a special place in the contemporary scene of highly organized and expansive Japanese American leagues in California, in part because these leagues have produced numerous talented female players. Using data from interviews and observations, Nicole Willms explores the interplay of social forces and community dynamics that have shaped this unique context of female athletic empowerment. As Japanese American women have excelled in mainstream basketball, they have emerged as local stars who have passed on the torch by becoming role models and building networks for others.

Author : CANDI. WILLIAMS
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2020-09-10
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1787835634

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Female Sporting Icons by CANDI. WILLIAMS Pdf

Meet your new superheroes Discover the fascinating stories behind 38 iconic and internationally renowned women in sport, all of them record-breakers, trailblazers and game-changers. Whether from the world of soccer, tennis, gymnastics, swimming, boxing or skiing, every one of these women has been a ground-breaker in her field, and deserves to have her achievements celebrated. Be empowered and inspired by their extraordinary stories, their awesome achievements and their wonder-words of wisdom with this pocketbook of remarkable women.

Author : Lyndsay Doyle
Publisher : FriesenPress
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 43,6 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 : Penny C McClean
Publisher : Troubador Publishing Ltd
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2013-06-01
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9781780885100

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Life Reconnected – How Women Can Make Simple and Powerful Change by Penny C McClean Pdf

“I have written this book for women who feel their life is out of whack in some way. You may feel bored, directionless, hurt or angry or are struggling to make meaningful and lasting change. It explains why women find it hard to keep motivated and offers a way to make simple and powerful change by making the most of our differences.” Illustrated by one woman's personal journey, the psychological backdrop to how we create meaning in our lives is explained. Using Penny’s NLP and coaching experience, the book offers a creative process that every woman can use, whether they are young and just setting out into the world of career paths, relationships and finding their purpose in life, or whether they are mid-life and reflecting both on what has been and what is yet to unfold. In a world of digital communication, a shout-out for positive role models and how we can support each other to become leaders in our own lives, as well as positively influence those around us, is made. It offers another way to find inspiration and ultimately our own intuitive wisdom that is inside each and every one of us. It teaches us that by incorporating a sense of balance, love, connection and purpose in our lives, we will have lives we love to live. Deeply moving, bluntly honest and elegantly written, Life Reconnected – How Women Can Make Simple and Powerful Change: A Hero’s Journey will take you on a profound personal journey so you can find, voice and take your heart-centered purpose to the world.

Author : Sue Irwin
Publisher : James Lorimer & Company
Page : 102 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2018-09-04
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781459413733

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Breaking Through by Sue Irwin Pdf

This book highlights the achievements of Canadian women sports stars — the role models of today's young female athletes. They fought for the right to compete in sports traditionally dominated by men and proved that women's sports are just as competitive and exciting to watch as men's. Spanning decades, Breaking Through focuses on seven sports and the women who made them their own, including well-known legends such as soccer player Christine Sinclair, who brought women's soccer in Canada into the limelight, and hockey player Hayley Wickenheiser, the longest-serving member of Canada's National team and five-time Olympic medalist. Readers will also see basketball, bobsleigh and rugby represented and learn the stories of less well-known athletes such as Indigenous Cross-country skiers Sharon Anne and Shirley Firth, who faced down prejudice, and Carol Hunyh, who brought home Canada's first Olympic gold medal in women's wrestling.

Author : R. Scott Kretchmar,Mark Dyreson,Matt Llewellyn,John Gleaves
Publisher : Human Kinetics
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2023-07-27
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781718212947

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History and Philosophy of Sport and Physical Activity by R. Scott Kretchmar,Mark Dyreson,Matt Llewellyn,John Gleaves Pdf

History and Philosophy of Sport and Physical Activity, Second Edition, blends historical investigations and philosophical insights regarding sport and physical activity. This cross-disciplinary text shows how theory in the humanities can affect professional practice

Author : Monika Davies
Publisher : Teacher Created Materials
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2020-11-11
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781087629988

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Spectacular Sports: Playing Like a Girl: Problem Solving: Read-along ebook by Monika Davies Pdf

Dive into the world of female sports stars with this engaging text! Students will develop their problem-solving skills while reading about the world’s greatest female athletes. This book seamlessly integrates the teaching of math and reading, and uses real-world examples to teach math concepts like solving word problems. The challenging practice problems, graphs, and sidebars provide many opportunities for students to practice their developing math skills, and apply what they’ve learned to their daily lives. Text features include captions, a glossary, an index, and a table of contents to increase students’ vocabulary and literacy skills and their interaction with the text. Math Talk poses problems for further thinking, requiring students to use their higher-order thinking skills.

Author : Gerald P. Schaus,Stephen R. Wenn
Publisher : Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2009-08-02
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781554587797

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Onward to the Olympics by Gerald P. Schaus,Stephen R. Wenn Pdf

The Olympic Games have had two lives—the first lasted for a millennium with celebrations every four years at Olympia to honour the god Zeus. The second has blossomed over the past century, from a simple start in Athens in 1896 to a dazzling return to Greece in 2004. Onward to the Olympics provides both an overview and an array of insights into aspects of the Games’ history. Leading North American archaeologists and historians of sport explore the origins of the Games, compare the ancient and the modern, discuss the organization and financing of such massive athletic festivals, and examine the participation ,or the troubling lack of it, by women. Onward to the Olympics bridges the historical divide between the ancient and the modern and concludes with a thought-provoking final essay that attempts to predict the future of the Olympics over the twenty-first century.

Author : Monika Davies
Publisher : Teacher Created Materials
Page : 35 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2017-09-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781425855529

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Spectacular Sports: Playing Like a Girl: Problem Solving by Monika Davies Pdf

Dive into the world of female sports stars with this engaging text! Students will develop their problem-solving skills while reading about the world’s greatest female athletes. This book seamlessly integrates the teaching of math and reading, and uses real-world examples to teach math concepts like solving word problems. The challenging practice problems, graphs, and sidebars provide many opportunities for students to practice their developing math skills, and apply what they’ve learned to their daily lives. Text features include captions, a glossary, an index, and a table of contents to increase students’ vocabulary and literacy skills and their interaction with the text. Math Talk poses problems for further thinking, requiring students to use their higher-order thinking skills.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Teacher Created Materials
Page : 35 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2022-02-21
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781087689791

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Spectacular Sports: Playing Like a Girl: Problem Solving Guided Reading 6-Pack by Anonim Pdf

Today's female athletes are taking sports to new heights. Carli Lloyd, Michelle Kwan, Jackie Joyner-Kersee, Diana Taurasi, Billie Jean King, Serena Williams, and Venus Williams have turned the old saying to play like a girl on its head. This 6-Pack of math readers introduces these amazing female athletes to students while giving them the opportunity to demonstrate their own perseverance while problem solving. By using real-world scenarios from soccer, tennis, figure skating, and track, this informational text provides problem-solving examples that allow students to explore mathematics in a meaningful, relevant way. The Let's Explore Math sidebars and the clear mathematical charts and diagrams provide numerous opportunities for students to practice what they have learned. The DOK-leveled Math Talk section includes questions that facilitate mathematical discourse and higher-order thinking skills with activities that students can respond to at school or home. With intriguing full-color images, the book includes text features such as a glossary, index, captions, and a table of contents to increase understanding. Score an understanding of word problems with this engaging title! This 6-Pack includes six copies of this title and a lesson plan.