When Women Stood (eBook)

The Untold History of Females Who Changed Sports and the World

Alexandra Allred (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2023
364 Seiten
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers (Verlag)
978-1-5381-7135-6 (ISBN)

Infos

An unapologetically candid and illuminating history of women and their fight for equality, told through the influential world of sports.From early Amazons to modern-day athletes, women have been fighting for their rightful place in the world. The history of these female athleteswhether warriors on the battlefield or competitors in the sports arenahas often been neglected, yet it is through sports that women have changed society, gaining entry into education, travel, politics, and more.When Women Stood is an eye-opening chronicle of the amazing women who refused to accept the status quo and fought for something better for themselves and for those who would follow. Featuring exclusive insight from athletes such as Jackie Joyner-Kersee, Kathrine Switzer, Nancy Lieberman, Briana Scurry, and Nancy Hogshead-Maker, this book includes the stories of female football players, Olympic athletes, powerlifters, and soccer stars, of historians, archeologists, crusaders, and scientists. Women's sports history cannot be told without also telling the story of the fight for gender and racial equality, economics, medical biases, gay and transgender history, violence, religion, media, abuse, and activism. When Women Stood is the first to go beyond the record books and gold medal counts to truly dig into the vital role women and sports have played in instigating change in society as a whole. And it shows that, despite seemingly unsurmountable odds, the true spirit of the female athlete can never be restrained.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 8.2.2023
• Zusatzinfo: 30 Illustrations including: - 30 Halftones, Black & White including Black & White Photographs.
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Freizeit / Hobby ► Sammeln / Sammlerkataloge
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Gender Studies
• Themenwelt: Weitere Fachgebiete ► Sportwissenschaft
• Schlagworte: activism • Bev Francis • bobsledding • Bonnie Blair • Briana Scurry • Cheerleading • Donna Lopiano • Economics • eSports • Evelyn Ashford • Female Athletes • Female triad • feminine ideal • Gabrielle Reece • Gay Rights • gender equity • Gender Studies • Gwen Torrence • Hockey • Jackie Joyner Kersee • Janet Evans • Jessie Graff • Kathrine Switzer • Laura Gentile • mary lou retton • Meagan Martin • Mikki King • MMA • Nadia Comaneci • Nancy Hogshead • Nancy Lieberman • Olympics • Peggy Flemming • Powerlifting • race and sport • Sheryl Swoopes • Soccer • Sports History • Title IX • transgender female athletes • transgender rights • Women Athletes • Women’s history • women’s lib • Women’s liberation • women's rights • women’s sports • women’s sports history • women’s studies
• ISBN-10: 1-5381-7135-X / 153817135X
• ISBN-13: 978-1-5381-7135-6 / 9781538171356