Eminent Women in Sports
Contents: Introduction. 1. Alice Coachman. 2. Althea Gibson. 3. Anjali Vedpathak-Bhagwat. 4. Anju Bobby George. 5. Anna Kournikova. 6. Aparna Popat. 7. Arati Saha. 8. Babe Zaharias. 9. Billie Jean Moffitt King. 10. Cheryl Miller. 11. Christy Martin. 12. Dame Ellen Patricia MacArthur. 13. Dawn Fraser. 14. Delia Gonzalez. 15. Dorothy Hamill. 16. Fanny Blankers-Koen. 17. Florence Griffith-Joyner. 18. Helle Nice. 19. Jackie Jockie-Kersee. 20. Jeannie Longo. 21. Jyotirmoyee Sikdar. 22. K.M. Beenamol. 23. Karnam Malleswari. 24. Katarina Witt. 25. Koneru Humpy. 26. Kunjarani Devi. 27. Laila Ali. 28. Larissa Semyonovna. 29. Laura Serrano. 30. Lindsay Davenport. 31. Maria Yuryevna Sharapove. 32. Marion Jones. 33. Martina Navratilova. 34. Mia Hamm. 35. Michelle Akers. 36. Michelle Kwan. 37. Monica Seles. 38. Nadia Comaneci. 39. P.T. Usha. 40. Pratima Kumari. 41. Rebecca Rose Lobo. 42. Sania Mirza. 43. Serena Williams. 44. Shiny Abraham Wilson. 45. Shirley Muldowney. 46. Smriti Mehra. 47. Sonja Henie. 48. Steffi Graf. 49. Sunita Sharma. 50. Suzanne Rachel Flore Lenglen. 51. Tejaswini Sawant. 52. Venus Williams. 53. Willye White. 54. Wilma Goldean Rudolph.
"This volume provides biographic sketches and achievements of 54 'Eminent Women in Sports' from various countries who competed and excelled in different games and sports on national and international scale.
In the history of games and sports there was a time when games and sports had been the monopoly of men, and women were either denied or discouraged in this field. But a new era began with the spread of education and technology, awareness and gender equity when the women also took part in various popular games and sports specializing and excelling on international level and certainly the light came from the west.
In this publication the caricatures of these 54 women athletes, sportspersons and players undoubtedly prove that women in the modern age have reached to great heights in the field of various games and sports on an international scale. This publication will certainly be welcomed by those who are interested in knowing the performances and achievements of the women athletes in national, continental or international games and sports meets." (jacket)
