100 Trailblazers: Great Women Athletes Who Opened Doors for Future Generations shines an admiring spotlight on the accomplishments of women in sport whose life stories are important but not necessarily well known. Research and personal interviews reveal the groundbreaking work of effective administrators, dedicated coaches, determined reformers, and spirited athletes who excelled in tennis, golf, skating, swimming and diving, gymnastics, track and field, soccer, softball and baseball, basketball, volleyball, and motor sports. These fascinating profiles chronicle the achievements of women who overcame innumerable obstacles, broke down walls, and opened doors for future generations.
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Through an effective combination of historical research and personal interviews, 100 Trailblazers offers compelling portraits of the dedicated athletes who broke gender barriers on college campuses and in professional sports all around the country. These engaging accounts detail the adversities these pioneering women faced and they achieved.
Richard Lapchick is a human rights activist, pioneer for racial equality, internationally recognized expert on sports issues, scholar, and author. He is the DeVos Eminent Scholar Chair and Director of the Sport Business Management Graduate Program in the College of Business Administration at the University of Central Florida. He founded both the Northeastern University Center for the Study of Sport in Society and the National Consortium for Academics and Sports (NCAS), and he is now the president and chief executive officer of the Consortium. His most recent book is 100 Pioneers: African Americans Who Broke Color Barriers in Sport
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