Women in Sports by Rachel Ignotofsky: Review

Women in Sports by Rachel Ignotofsky

I just want to say even before I begin discussing the book's contents, the cover already attracts the readers in, and that's an important part of getting someone to pick up a book in a bookstore or in a library. I loved reading "Women in Sports" by Rachel Ignotofsky. The timeline stretched from around 776 BC up until now (or at least until "Women in Sports' was published). There were familiar names such as Simone Biles, Violet Palmer, Madge Syers, and Serena Williams along with some less familiar names like Kristi Yamaguchi, Babe Didrikson Zaharias or Gertrude Ederle. As a child doing sports, I was always told that boys were the athletic superiors and girls were the supposed "weaker gender". I really admired this book and the author, Rachel Ignotofsky, for showing me and everyone else that girls are not the weaker gender. Girls are and can be just as good at sports, at everything else, just as good as the men and the boys are. I also liked reading about all of these powerful and wonderful women and all of their different sports ranging from mountaineering to basketball and volleyball. I even had my younger sister who plays volleyball read this book and she fell in love with "Women in Sports". She loved reading about women like Flo Hymen whom also did what she loved and played volleyball. She was inspired, and I think that is what "Women in Sports" is all about--inspiring those, both old and young, to do what they love, no matter how many times they were told off, no matter what everybody else told them. Listen to your heart, let it lead you, and you'll end up where you want to be.

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