Yes, She Can!: Women's Sports Pioneers
Yes, She Can! celebrates ground-breaking female athletes who became the first--and sometimes only--women to achieve at the highest levels of their sports.
Featuring Trudy Ederle, the subject of Young Woman and the Sea, the Disney+ biopic starring Star Wars actress Daisy Ridley.
In this middle grade collection of sporting heroines these pioneers show girls that anything is possible with grit, determination, and practice.
The ahletes include:
- Trudy Ederle, the first woman to swim the English ChannelLouise Stokes and Tidye Pickett, the first African American women to race on the Olympic track teamJulie Krone, the first female winner of a Triple Crown raceDanica Patrick, the only woman to win an IndyCar Series race
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Glenn Stout is the series editor of The Best American Sports Writing and author of more than forty non-fiction sports biographies under the auspices of Matt Christopher. He is also the author of Baseball Heroes, the first title in the Good Sports series. He lives in Alburgh, VT. Visit Glenn at www.goodsportsbyglennstout.com.
"Accessible and inspirational."--Publishers Weekly
"Full of fascinating information about fascinating women in sports history."--Bookbabe blog
"Never patronizing, [Stout] captures both grit and glory in a fast-paced package that goes down easy even as it inspires."--Kirkus Reviews
"An inspiring read for anyone who has been told that she can't, shouldn't, or won't do something because she is a girl."--Booklist
Named to the 2012 Amelia Bloomer List
