A Running Start: An Athlete, A Woman

A Running Start: An Athlete, A Woman - Paperback

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A Running Start: An Athlete, A Woman - Paperback

A Running Start: An Athlete, A Woman - Paperback

by Lynda Huey
$20.47
$20.47

Book Overview

Written before Title IX offered increased access to women in sports, A Running Start tells the story of a high school cheerleader from white suburbia who leaps into the black sports world of track and field, training alongside many of the world's fastest male sprinters. Lynda coached at several universities, finding second-class status at every turn. This frank and entertaining book looks at the doors she tore down to create opportunities that today's women athletes currently enjoy. Lynda Huey's and Billy Jean King's autobiographies are the two main stories of women athletes in the 1960s.

"Stabbing accuracy about racism, harassment, the downgrading of women in sports and other vital ssues."

-Publishers Weekly, 1976
ISBN9781491759219
Author Lynda Huey
PublisheriUniverse
GenreBiography and Sports
FormatPaperback
PublishedFebruary 2015
LanguageENG- English
Pages260
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceAdults
Print SizeStandard Print

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Lynda Huey, a former athlete and UCLA track coach is the founder of CompletePT Pool & Land Physical Therapy in Los Angeles and the author of The Complete Waterpower Workout Book. She lives in Santa Monica, California.

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