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NATIONAL GIRLS AND WOMEN IN SPORTS DAY is February 1 2023

National Girls and Women in Sports Day appreciates the achievements of female coaches and athletes and acknowledges the role of sports to help unlock the boundless potential of women.

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25 items

  • Stand Up and Shout Out

    Women's Fight for Equal Pay, Equal Rights, and Equal Opportunities in Sports

    Steidinger, Joan
    Today, women have greater opportunities to participate in sport than ever before, particularly due to the passage of Title IX in 1972. Yet, despite all this growth, women still struggle to hold leadership positions, become coaches of both girls and…
    eBook, 2020Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2020. — EBOOK
  • Women have made a difference in every field imaginable, and they continue to do so today. Women's Lives in History introduces readers to dozens of these remarkable people. Women in Sports features groundbreaking figures in golf, basketball, soccer,…
    eBook, 2017[United States] : ABDO, 2017. — EBOOK
  • Learn more about the landmark 1972 law that changed women's sports forever. The title also features informative sidebars, a glossary, and further resources. Discusses the creation of and continuing work focused on Title IX, which requires that girls…
    eBook, 2018[United States] : ABDO, 2018. — EBOOK
  • Learn more about the accomplishments of the greatest female Olympic athletes from around the world.
    eBook, 2018[United States] : ABDO, 2018. — EBOOK
  • Women, Horse Sports and Liberation

    Equestrianism and Britain From the 18th to the 20th Centuries

    Munkwitz, Erica
    This book is the first, full-length scholarly examination of British women's involvement in equestrianism from the eighteenth through the twentieth centuries, as well as the corresponding transformations of gender, class, sport, and national…
    eBook, 2021Abingdon : Routledge, 2021. — EBOOK
  • The US team not only won the Women's World Cup, but they also took women's sports to an entirely new level in 1999. They proved that women's teams could sell tickets, excite and entertain, and succeed to the greatest extent. Learn more about the…
    eBook, 2015[United States] : ABDO, 2015. — EBOOK
  • Simone Manuel is one of the country's best female athletes. Learn about her childhood, the challenges she has overcome, and this swimmer's greatest accomplishments. Get the inside scoop on gold-medal-winning Olympic appearance.
    eBook, 2019[United States] : Capstone, 2019. — EBOOK
  • Carli Lloyd is one of the country's best female athletes. Learn about her childhood, the challenges she has overcome, and this soccer star's greatest accomplishments. Get the inside scoop on her Olympic and World Cup wins.
    eBook, 2019[United States] : Capstone, 2019. — EBOOK
  • 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…
    eBook, 2017[United States] : Enslow Publishing, LLC, 2017. — EBOOK
  • The Sisterhood

    the 99ers and the Rise of U.s. Women's Soccer

    Goldman, Rob
    For legions of soccer fans, the players on the U.S. Women's National Soccer Team are the game's standard-bearers. Together their accomplishments include four World Cup titles and four Olympic gold medals. Within five years of their inaugural match…
    eBook, 2021Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, 2021. — EBOOK
  • Sum It Up

    a Thousand and Ninety-eight Victories, a Couple of Irrelevant Losses, and a Life in Perspective

    Summitt, Pat Head
    Pat Summitt, the all-time winningest coach in NCAA basketball history and bestselling author of Reach for the Summitt and Raise The Roof, tells for the first time her remarkable story of victory and resilience as well as facing down her greatest…
    eBook, 2013New York : Crown Archetype, 2013. — EBOOK
  • A riveting, revealing portrait of tennis champion and global icon Serena Williams that combines biography, cultural criticism, and sports writing to offer "a deep, satisfying meditation" (The New York Times) on the most consequential athlete of her…
    eBook, 2021New York : Scribner, 2021. — EBOOK
  • All in

    An Autobiography

    King, Billie Jean
    “A story about the personal strength, immense growth, and undeniable greatness of one woman who fearlessly stood up to a culture trying to break her down.”—Serena Williams In this spirited account, Billie Jean King details her life's journey to find…
    eBook, 2021New York : Knopf, 2021. — EBOOK
  • My Greatest Save

    the Brave, Barrier-breaking Journey of a World-champion Goalkeeper

    Scurry, Briana, 1971-
    A deeply moving and painfully honest memoir from the trailblazing, World Cup–winning, Olympic gold medalist, and US Women's soccer goalie Briana Scurry. Briana Scurry was a pioneer on the US Women's National Team. She won gold in Atlanta in 1996,…
    eBook, 2022New York : Abrams Press, 2022. — EBOOK
  • Wolfpack

    How to Come Together, Unleash Our Power, and Change the Game

    Wambach, Abby
    Based on her inspiring, viral 2018 commencement speech to Barnard College's graduates in New York City, New York Times bestselling author, two-time Olympic gold medalist and FIFA World Cup champion Abby Wambach delivers her empowering rally cry for…
    eBook, 2019New York : Celadon Books, 2019. — EBOOK
  • Love and Justice

    a Story of Triumph on Two Different Courts

    Irons, Maya Moore
    In the tradition of Just Mercy, an inspirational memoir by WNBA star Maya Moore Irons and her husband, Jonathan Irons, who she helped free from a wrongful conviction. A journey for justice turned into a love story when Maya Moore, one of the WNBA's…
    eBook, 2023Los Angeles : Disney Book Group, 2023. — EBOOK
  • Dust Bowl Girls

    the Inspiring Story of the Team That Barnstormed Its Way to Basketball Glory

    Reeder, Lydia
    During the drought and financial crisis of the 1930s, Oklahoma basketball coach Sam Babb traveled from farm to farm recruiting talented, hardworking young women and offering them a chance at a better life: a free college education in exchange for…
    eBook, 2017New York : Algonquin Books, 2017. — EBOOK
  • The summer Olympic games in Rio were groundbreaking for so many American women athletes.The US gymnastics team completely dominated, led by fierce little Simone Biles, the most decorated gymnast of all time. Katie Ledecky shattered long-held…
    eBook, 2016[United States] : Sky Pony, 2016. — EBOOK
  • Discover 25 women who challenged the stereotypes of what it means to play like a girl. These women worked to even the playing field and steppped up to score points for women all around the world.
    eBook, 2020[United States] : Capstone, 2020. — EBOOK