![]() ![]() The sportswomen featured include well-known. ![]() ![]() Women in Sports celebrates the success of the tough, bold, and fearless women who paved the way for today’s athletes. Women in Sport celebrates the success of the tough, bold and fearless women who paved the way for todays athletes. 50 FEARLESS ATHLETES WHO PLAYED TO WIN by Rachel Ignotofsky illustrated by Rachel Ignotofsky RELEASE DATE: JFollowing the format she introduced in Women in Science (2016), author/illustrator Ignotofsky now celebrates women who broke barriers to change the sports world. The fifty illustrated profiles in Women in Sports feature trailblazers, Olympians, and record-breaking female athletes in more than forty sports, including well-known figures like tennis player Billie Jean King and gymnast Simone Biles, as well as lesser-known champions like Toni Stone, the first woman to play baseball in a professional men’s. ![]() The book also contains infographics on topics that sporty women want to know about such as muscle anatomy, a timeline of women’s participation in sports, pay and media statistics for female athletes, and influential women’s teams. The athletes featured include well-known figures like tennis player Billie Jean King and gymnast Simone Biles, as well as lesser-known champions like Toni Stone, the first woman to play baseball in a professional men’s league, and skateboarding pioneer Patti McGee. Women for the win! A richly illustrated and inspiring book, Women in Sports highlights the achievements and stories of fifty notable women athletes from the 1800s to today, including trailblazers, Olympians, and record-breakers in more than forty sports. Illustrated profiles of fifty pioneering female athletes, from the New York Times bestseller author, Rachel Ignotofsky. ![]()
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