The Women's Sports Encyclopedia

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The Women's Sports Encyclopedia is the first one-stop reference to contain all the indispensable details available on female athletes, their accomplishments, and their sports. Combining a vast amount of historical, biographical, and statistical information in an accessible style and format, it is the only book that, at a glance, puts the history of women's sports into clear perspective. This easy-to-use resource contains the detailed history of women's participation in over thirty sports; more than 650 inspirational biographies of international athletes, past and present; up-to-the-minute annotated charts of world and Olympic records; fascinating aspects of and insights into women's sports in sidebars and quote boxes; a chronological time line of women's sports from 500 B.C. to the present; and an extensive index for quick access to names, facts, records, and dates.

Genre: Sports & Recreation / General (fancy, right?)