Ladies First
- ISBN-10
- 1663610630
- ISBN-13
- 9781663610638
- Series
- Ladies First
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2019
- Publisher
- Turtleback
- Author
- Perfection Learning Corporation
Description
A veteran journalist showcases a dozen of the 20th century's greatest female athletes--from tennis pro Althea Gibson, the first African-American woman to win at Wimbledon, to Susan Butcher, four-time winner of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog ...
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- 2021-05-03
- 70 pages
- Paperback
- Independently Published
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- 2010-03-02
- - pages
- Paperback
- National Geographic Books
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- 2006
- 192 pages
- Paperback
- National Geographic Books
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- 2006
- - pages
- Paperback
- National Geographic Kids
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