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 | #2307554 in Books |  1988-05-12 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  9.50 x1.69 x6.50l, | File type: PDF | 480 pages

 | history of sports | women's tennis | French vs. American women's tennis of the 1920s

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||0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.| Addresses a Shocking Case of National Amnesia about Women Athletes|By R. Schultz|I was motivated to buy this book after I watched the “American Masters” series entry featuring tennis star Billie Jean King. King is a champion whose achievements deserve to be recognized. However, I was disturbed by the documentary’s suggestion that King put women’s tennis|From Publishers Weekly|Between the two world wars, women's tennis changed radically: from a genteel, almost delicate, game it became much more akin to the sport as played by men. The two women most responsible for this revolution were the French player Suzanne L

Better known and more admired in the 1920s and '30s than any politician, movie star, or royal family member, Suzanne Lenglen, lionized by Frenchmen as "The Goddess," and Helen Wills, called "Queen Helen" or simply "The American Girl," revolutionized tennis with their power and grace and beauty, and in the process virtually invented the concept of celebrity athlete. This superb dual biography--the first of either player to appear in English--follows their careers from the...

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