Raising Our Athletic Daughters How Sports Can Build Self-Esteem and Save Girls' Lives

Name: Raising Our Athletic Daughters How Sports Can Build Self-Esteem and Save Girls' Lives
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ISBN: 9780385489607

ISBN-10: 0385489609

ISBN-13: 9780385489607

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Authors: Jean Zimmerman, Gil Reavill

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Now in paperback, the first book to document how participating in sports changes young girls' lives during the difficult years of adolescence. From high-profile women's professional leagues to high-school-level champions, girl athletes are acheiving record breakthroughs. Witness, for example, the first spectacular season of the WNBA, or the celebrated victories of women's teams at the 1996 Olympics. The female athlete is a new media darling especially beloved of today's teenage girls, who are almost as likely to have pictures of Rebecca Lobo, Mia Hamm, or Gabrielle Reece on their walls as posters of Leonardo DiCaprio. So it seems paradoxical that many books and studies attest to a truly…

Book details

List price: $19.00
Publisher: Broadway Books
Publication date: 10/19/1999
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 272
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.50" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.704
Language: English

Jean Zimmerman is the author of four previous books, including The Women of the House: How a Colonial She-Merchant Built a Mansion, a Fortune and a Dynasty. She earned an MFA in writing from the Columbia University School of the Arts and has published her poetry widely in literary magazines. She lives with her family in Westchester County, New York.



Preface



Leveling the Field


Girls Are Ready for Sports--Are Sports Ready for Girls?



Throwing Like a Girl


Sports and Your Preschool Daughter



A Game of Her Own


Grade School and Team Sports



Reclaiming the Court


Girls' Basketball Comes of Age



Soul Strengthening


Sports During the "Ophelia Years"



A Question of Heart


Saving the Lives of Girls Through Sports



When Sports Fail Girls


If Your Daughter Drops Out



Going to Extremes


Your Daughter and Nontraditional Sports



What Parents Can Do


Do You Have a Story About Girls in Sports?



Resources and Further Reading


Acknowledgments