Strong Women

Inspirational athletes at the top of their game

Suzanne Wrack (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

304 Seiten

2023
Welbeck (Verlag)
978-1-80279-225-6 (ISBN)

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Recounting how women have not only fought their way into the world of sport but to the top of their game, this book explores the trials and triumphs that have led the world's most inspiring athletes to the winner's podium and into the annals of history.

Overpower. Overtake. Overcome. – Serena Williams

Throughout history, every woman pulling on spikes, lacing up boots and picking up a racquet has been a rebel – and this explosive book aims to uncover the often hidden histories behind 50 of these incredible pioneers.

From the first Black woman to be a professional softball player, Betty Chapman, to the iconic 'Battle of the Sexes' match won by Billie Jean King, and from trans trailblazer Laurel Hubbard to Emma Raducanu's unforgettable US Open win, award-winning sports journalist Suzanne Wrack celebrates sporting giants at the absolute top of their games.

Suzanne Wrack is the women's football writer for the Guardian. An accredited football reporter and member of the SJA, Football Writer's Association and Women in Football, she won a place on the first ever Women in Journalism mentoring scheme in 2016. Suzanne was highly commended in the Media Initiative of the Year category at the 2018 Women's Sport Trust 'Be A Game Changer' awards and shortlisted for sports journalist of the year at the 2019 British Press Awards. Her first book, a social and political history of women's football, will be published by Faber in spring 2022. Twitter: @SuzyWrack (14.9k)

Betty Chapman - USA • Ann Glanville - UK • Sam Kerr - Australia • Hélène de Pourtalès - USA • Lily Parr - UK • Alice Milliat - UK • Babe Didrikson Zaharias - USA/Norway • Fanny Blankers-Koen - Netherlands • Althea Gibson - USA • Katherine Switzer - USA • Pat Gregory - UK • Cheryl White - USA • Mia Hamm - USA • Billie Jean King - USA • Junko Tabei - Japan • Nadia Comaneci - Romania • Ann Bancroft - USA • Steffi Graf - Germany • Hassiba Boulmerka - Algeria • Brandi Chastain - USA • Béatrice Hess - France • Cathy Freeman - Australia • Serena Williams - USA • Wodjan Ali Seraj Abdulrahim Shahrkhani - Saudi Arabia • Nicola Adams - UK • Trischa Zorn - USA • Christine Sinclair - Canada • Rachel Blackmore - Ireland • Elisabeta Lipă - Romania • Amélie Mauresmo - France • Kiran Gandhi - USA • Caster Semenya - South African • Ada Hegerberg - Norway • Megan Rapinoe - USA • Suzann Pettersen - Norway • Brigid Kosgei - Kenya • Sahar Khodayari - Iran • Naomi Osaka - Japan • Allyson Felix - USA • Becky Hammon - American/Russian • Laurel Hubbard - New Zealand • Tatyana McFadden - Russia • Stephanie Frappart - France • Simone Biles - USA • Khalida Popal - Afghanistan • Emma Raducanu - UK • Hilary Knight - USA • Kaiya McCullough - USA • Sun Wen - China • Rachael Hayhoe-Flint - UK.

Erscheinungsdatum	09.09.2023
Zusatzinfo	180 clr and b&w photos and illus
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 212 mm
Gewicht	580 g
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Gender Studies
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Mikrosoziologie
	Wirtschaft
	Weitere Fachgebiete ► Sportwissenschaft
ISBN-10	1-80279-225-2 / 1802792252
ISBN-13	978-1-80279-225-6 / 9781802792256
Zustand	Neuware