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This Skirt Won't Work!: How Women Athletes Changed Their Clothes and Changed the Game​

This Skirt Won't Work!: How Women Athletes Changed Their Clothes and Changed the Game​ - Hardcover

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Availability:In StockContributor:Jennifer Cooper, Eva Byrne (Illustrator)Audience:Ages 4-8Publish date:12/2/2025Pages:48
Language:EnglishPublisher:Sourcebooks ExploreISBN-13:9781728267845ISBN-10:1728267846UPC:9781728267845Book Category:Juvenile NonfictionBook Subcategory:Biography & Autobiography, Girls & WomenBook Topic:WomenSize:10.21 x 10.40 x 0.46 inchesWeight:1.2015Product ID:SCTD6XMKYT

This Skirt Won't Work!: How Women Athletes Changed Their Clothes and Changed the Game​

Imagine trying to play tennis in a long dress, or swimming laps wearing heavy petticoats! That's how it used to be for girls and women in sports... until a few found a better way!

See how women like cyclist Kittie Knox, swimmer Annette Kellerman, and Albertine LePensee and her Canadian hockey teammates flouted convention and risked scandal to wear things they could move in. They sewed their own...

Audience: Ages 4-8
Language:EnglishPublisher:Sourcebooks ExploreISBN-13:9781728267845ISBN-10:1728267846UPC:9781728267845Book Category:Juvenile NonfictionBook Subcategory:Biography & Autobiography, Girls & WomenBook Topic:WomenSize:10.21 x 10.40 x 0.46 inchesWeight:1.2015Product ID:SCTD6XMKYT
Cooper, Jennifer: -

Jennifer Cooper is an author, teacher, triathlete, and mom of three. She has taught high school PE and English for nearly twenty years and is a passionate amateur athlete dedicated to new challenges. Jennifer lives with her husband and family in British Columbia, Canada. KATIE, BIG AND STRONG is her first book.

Byrne, Eva: -

Eva Byrne illustrates picture books and has a...

Publisher: Sourcebooks Explore

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