First ladies of running : 22 inspiring profiles of the rebels, rule breakers, and visionaries who changed the sport forever /
Amby Burfoot.
- xix, 268 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
"Distributed to the trade by Macmillan"--T.p. verso. Includes index.
Introduction -- Grace Butcher -- Julia Chase -- Doris Severtsen Brown -- Merry Lepper -- Roberta "Bobbi" Gibb -- Kathrine Switzer -- Sara Mae Berman -- Judy Ikenberry -- Mary Decker Slaney -- Nina Kuscsik -- Francie Larrieu Smith -- Cheryl Bridges -- Joan Ullyot -- Charlotte Lettis Richardson -- Jacqueline Hansen -- Michiko "Miki" Gorman -- Gayle Barron -- Marilyn Bevans -- Grete Waitz -- Patti Catalano -- Joan Benoit -- Oprah Winfrey -- Afterword: Where are they now? -- Appendix -- Timeline of female running history.
9781609615642 (trade paperback)
2016003910
Women runners--Biography. Runners (Sports)--Biography.