Women's sports : what everyone needs to know

"Using historical, contemporary, scholarly, and popular sources, Schultz traces the progress and pitfalls of women's involvement in sport. In the signature question-and-answer format of the What Everyone Needs to Know series, this ... book clarifies misconceptions that dog women's ath...

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Main Author: Schultz, Jaime (Author)
Language:English
Series:What everyone needs to know.
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Summary:"Using historical, contemporary, scholarly, and popular sources, Schultz traces the progress and pitfalls of women's involvement in sport. In the signature question-and-answer format of the What Everyone Needs to Know series, this ... book clarifies misconceptions that dog women's athletics and offers ... context and history to illuminate the struggles and inequalities sportswomen continue to face"--Publisher marketing.
Physical Description:xviii, 243 pages ; 21 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Published: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2018]
ISBN:9780190657703
0190657707
9780190657710
0190657715
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