| Queens of the Ice: They Were Fast, They Were Fierce, They Were Teenage Girls Contributor(s): Adams, Carly (Author) |
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ISBN: 1552777200 ISBN-13: 9781552777206 Publisher: James Lorimer and Company Ltd., Publishers OUR PRICE: $8.54 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Nonfiction | Sports & Recreation - Hockey - Juvenile Nonfiction | People & Places - Canada - Juvenile Nonfiction | Girls & Women |
| Dewey: B |
| Series: Recordbooks (Lorimer) |
| Physical Information: 0.4" H x 4.2" W x 7" (0.20 lbs) 136 pages |
| Themes: - Sex & Gender - Feminine - Cultural Region - Canadian |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 148193 Reading Level: 6.3 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 2.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In 1931, a group of ten teenage girls from Preston (present-day Cambridge), Ontario, enlisted the help of the top women's sport journalists of the era, and the Preston Rivulettes hockey team was born. Within a decade the team became so good that no other team would dare to play against them. Yet the struggles these young women faced are ones that women can still relate to today, including criticism for aggressive play and fighting, lack of financial and fan support, the right to govern their own sports organizations, and ice time that went to boys' and men's teams first. |
Contributor Bio(s): Adams, Carly: - CARLY ADAMS is a sports historian at the University of Lethbridge, Alberta. She has written many articles on the history of women in hockey, including the Preston Rivulettes. Carly is also the Book Review Editor for the academic journal, Sport History Review. She is a member of the North American Society of Sport History and the North American Society for the Sociology of Sport. |