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Changing the Game: The Stories of Tennis Champions Alice Marble and Althea Gibson

Age 10+
Grade 5+

Sue Davidson

Changing the Game: The Stories of Tennis Champions Alice Marble and Althea Gibson

Paperback (Seal Press May 12, 1997)
Written in a lively, readable style, this book profiles two women who broke new ground in tennis. Alice Marble (1913-1990) became the first woman to play "power tennis, " and by 1939 had won several Wimbledon titles. Althea Gibson (1927- ) broke the racial "color line" in tennis by entering many previously white-only tournaments, and became the first black person to win both the U.S. Open and Wimbledon competitions.
Series
Women Who Dared Series (Book 3)
ISBN
1878067885 / 9781878067883
Pages
180
Weight
9.5 oz.
Dimensions
5.75 x 0.75 in.