Changing the game : the stories of tennis champions Alice Marble and Althea Gibson

Author(s)

• Davidson, Sue

Bibliographic Information

Changing the game : the stories of tennis champions Alice Marble and Althea Gibson

Sue Davidson

（Women who dared series）

Seal Press, c1997

Description and Table of Contents

Description

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.

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Details

• NCID: BA39482719
• ISBN:
  • 1878067885
• LCCN: 96051698
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Seattle, Wash.
• Pages/Volumes: x, 180 p.
• Size: 22 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : GV994.A1
  • DC21 : 796.342/092
  • DC21 : B
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Marble, Alice, 1913-1990
  • LCSH : Gibson, Althea, 1927-
  • LCSH : Women tennis players -- United States -- Biography
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA31286976