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Photographic documentation of two centuries of women athletes, discussing some of the controversies that arose over women's participation in traditionally male arenas, and celebrating their accomplishments.

Analyzes how girls and women reconcile social expectations and sports demands and discusses the costs and benefits of equal opportunities for men and women in sports.

Presents brief biographical sketches of women known as athletes, explorers, or adventurers, from Harriet Chalmers Adams and Michelle Akers to Kristi Yamaguchi and Babe Diedrikson Zaharias.

Investigates the destructive side of women's elite competition in gymnastics and figure-skating, exposing such problems as eating disorders, stunted growth, and debilitating injuries.

Photographs and text portray the joy and dedication of women participating in a variety of sports.

Presents a look at women in sports, featuring interviews with female athletes and professionals in which they discuss the challenges they have faced in pursuing their sports, and discussing the special camaraderie that develops among female athletes and the impulse to pass it along to their friends, families, and children.

Presents brief biographies of nearly fifty women athletes from the twentieth century, including Ora Washington, Althea Gibson, Tenley Albright, Wilma Rudolph, Chris Evert, Nancy Lopez Knight, Jackie Joiner-Kersee, and Janet Evans.

Text and photographs chronicle the life of the track and field star who has had medal-winning performances in three Olympics.

Reviews the history of women's sports in America at the collegiate, amateur, and professional levels, with discussion of women's participation in the Olympics; features biographical profiles of eighty-six influential female athletes, with a look at outstanding women's teams; and includes a bibliography and directory of organizations.

Discusses the changing roles of women in sports, and includes stories from women athletes that describe the obstacles they have had to overcome in order to be accepted in the world of sports.

Examines the lives and accomplishments of ten women athletes, including beach volleyball player Misty May-Treanor, jockey Julie Krone, and distance swimmer Lynne Cox.

Describes the discipline, sacrifices, and dedication of eleven women athletes in extreme sports, including amateurs and professionals in auto racing, rock climbing, surfing, skydiving, and other fields.

Discusses how participation in sports can have a positive affect on a girl's spirit as well as her body.

When her sister, star-athlete Jakarta, finally joins them, Dakar feels much safer and happier in Cottonwood, North Dakota, where she and their parents are living for a year, but she still longs for their home in Africa.