Red Rose Crew A True Story of Women, Winning, and the Water

Name: Red Rose Crew A True Story of Women, Winning, and the Water
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ISBN: 9781592287581

ISBN-10: 1592287581

ISBN-13: 9781592287581

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Authors: Daniel Boyne, David Halberstam

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In 1975, a group of amazing women rowed their way to international success and glory, battling sexual prejudice, bureaucracy, and male domination in one of the most grueling and competitive sports around. Among the members of the first international women's crew team--and one of the first women's teams anywhere--were Gail Pearson, the soft-spoken MIT professor who fought equally hard off the water to win the political battles neccessary for her team to succeed; lead rower Carie Graves, a statuesque bohemian from rural Wisconsin who dropped out of college and later became the most intense rower of the crew; and Lynn Stillman, a tiny sixteen-year-old coxswain from California. On hand to…

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List price: $16.95
Publisher: Globe Pequot Press, The
Publication date: 10/1/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 206
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.25" long x 0.63" tall
Weight: 0.044
Language: English