She Persisted in Sports, Chelsea Clinton
She Persisted in Sports, Chelsea Clinton
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She Persisted in Sports
American Olympians Who Changed the Game

Author: Chelsea Clinton

Narrator: Chelsea Clinton

Unabridged: 15 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/22/2020


Synopsis

From Chelsea Clinton and Alexandra Boiger, the #1 New York Times bestselling team behind She Persisted, comes a new book featuring women athletes who overcame and inspired--just in time for the Olympics!

Throughout history, women have been told that they couldn't achieve their dreams, no matter how hard they tried. Women athletes have faced their own unique set of challenges, across countless sports and levels of play. In this third She Persisted book, Chelsea Clinton introduces listeners to women who have excelled in their sports because of their persistence. 

She Persisted in Sports is an audiobook for everyone who has ever aimed for a goal and been told it wasn't theirs to hit, for everyone who has ever raced for a finish line that seemed all too far away, and for everyone who has ever felt small or unimportant while out on the field.

Alexandra Boiger's inspiring text shows listeners of all ages that, no matter what obstacles come their way, they have the power to persist and succeed.

This audiobook features: Margaret Ives Abbott, Gertrude Ederle, Mildred "Babe" Didrikson Zaharias, Wilma Rudolph, Jean Driscoll, Mia Hamm (and the 1996 Olympic soccer team), Kristi Yamaguchi, Venus and Serena Williams, Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh Jennings, Diana Taurasi, Simone Biles, Ibtihaj Muhammad and Jocelyne and Monique Lamoureux.

About The Author

Chelsea Clinton is the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller She Persisted: 13 American Women Who Changed the WorldShe Persisted Around the World: 13 Women Who Changed HistoryShe Persisted in Sports: American Olympians Who Changed the Game; Don't Let Them Disappear: 12 Endangered Species Across the GlobeIt's Your World: Get Informed, Get Inspired & Get Going!Start Now!: You Can Make a Difference; with Hillary Clinton, Grandma's Gardens and Gutsy Women; and, with Devi Sridhar, Governing Global Health: Who Runs the World and Why? She is also the Vice Chair of the Clinton Foundation, where she works on many initiatives, including those that help empower the next generation of leaders. She lives in New York City with her husband, Marc, their children and their dog, Soren. You can follow Chelsea Clinton on Twitter @ChelseaClinton or on Facebook at facebook.com/chelseaclinton.Alexandra Boiger (www.alexandraboiger.com) has illustrated nearly twenty picture books, including She Persisted and She Persisted Around the World, both by Chelsea Clinton; the popular Tallulah series by Marilyn Singer; and the Max and Marla books, which she also wrote. Originally from Munich, Germany, she now lives outside of San Francisco, California, with her husband, Andrea, daughter, Vanessa, and two cats, Luiso and Winter. Follow Alexandra on Instagram @alexandra_boiger.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Calista on March 09, 2021

This is another great outing for the ‘She Persisted’ series. In this book, they share the quick tale of famous female American athletes. they are: Margaret Ives Abbot - Golf Gertrude Ederle - swimming English Channel Mildred “Babe” Didrikson Zaharias - baseball and track Wilma Rudolph - track Jean Drisco......more

Goodreads review by Shaye on December 31, 2020

Sixteen women are featured in this new "She Persisted" book, written by Chelsea Clinton and illustrated by Alexandra Boiger. Not only did these amazing women have to fight hard due to their sex, but they faced such things as: being hard of hearing (from measles), growing up in leg brace after surviv......more

Goodreads review by Jessie on December 25, 2020

Covers women from a wide variety of sports, time periods (within the modern Olympic period), races and ethnicities, and disabilities (with some disabled athletes who competed in the Paralympics and some who competed in the Olympics). I know it's the motivation/framing, but I don't love the "she persi......more

Goodreads review by donna on March 10, 2023

This is such a staggeringly important series. I can't believe it wasn't until a few weeks ago that I even found it. Now I'm devouring every book in the series I can find. Many, many thanks to Chelsea Clinton and all the women of The Persisterhood for their contributions here. I am a better sister and......more

Goodreads review by Zibby on January 25, 2021

In this book, as in all of the "She Persisted" books, Chelsea included have different profiles of, this time, athletes and different powerful quotes. This one was one of my favorites from Jean Driscoll: "A champion is someone who has fallen off the horse a dozen times and gotten back on the horse a......more


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Praise for She Persisted in Sports:

"An appealing reminder that, with perseverance, girls can be athletes—or whatever else they choose." --School Library Journal