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Publication
Calkins Creek (2014), 272 pages
Description
Traces the world record-setting athlete's early childhood ambitions through her courageous final battle with cancer, covering such topics as her achievements at the 1932 Olympics and her later dominance in professional golf.
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LibraryThing member Climbing-books
A sports biography, which there are plenty of, but the inclusion of women's rights and the other struggles that Babe faced (and her overcoming of those struggles, for the most part) sets this biography apart.
LibraryThing member Sullywriter
An admiring, honest, revealing biography of one of the foremost female athletes of all time who set multiple world records long before Title IX. Compare this title to Russell Freedman's biography, Babe Didrikson Zaharias: The Making of a Champion (Clarion, 1999).
LibraryThing member NClegern
Babe Conquers the World chronicles the groundbreaking life of Babe Didriksen Zaharias. Told in 10 'rounds', each chapter explores Babe's determination to overcome the obstacles that stood in her way, including the boys, the girls, the rules, the road, the tradition, and ultimately cancer. Authors
Born in 1911, Mildred Ella "Babe" Didriksen, Babe was driven to athletic excellence in golf, basketball, and track. She stated, "All my life I've always had the urge to do things better than anybody else." And she did. Babe persevered to become an All-American, world record holder, Olympic medalist, and golf champion. However, Babe also battled poverty, loneliness, and prejudice with the same drive and determination she trained and competed. Despite her successes--Title IX wouldn't become law until 1972 and four decades after Babe's death for a professional women's basketball league to be created.
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Rich and Sandra Neil Wallace bring unique strengths and passion to telling Babe's story: Rich experience in writing children and YA sports CRF and Sandra groundbreaking reporting for ESPN. Born in 1911, Mildred Ella "Babe" Didriksen, Babe was driven to athletic excellence in golf, basketball, and track. She stated, "All my life I've always had the urge to do things better than anybody else." And she did. Babe persevered to become an All-American, world record holder, Olympic medalist, and golf champion. However, Babe also battled poverty, loneliness, and prejudice with the same drive and determination she trained and competed. Despite her successes--Title IX wouldn't become law until 1972 and four decades after Babe's death for a professional women's basketball league to be created.
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Awards
Grand Canyon Reader Award (Nominee — 2016)
Language
Original language
English
Physical description
272 p.; 6.25 inches
ISBN
1590789814 / 9781590789810