Chapter 13 is all about the rise and decline of organized Women's sports. Radar goes through the topics of the athletic girl, early women's basketball, and the arrival of women sport's heroes. The first discussion on the athletic girl talks about the rise of women becoming more involved in athletics, and touches upon such athletes as Babe Didrikson, and Mary Outerbridge who started a ladies club in Staten Island. The next topic talked about is women's basketball and how it really started to increase. There was tournaments for girls that helped increase the popularity of the game for women. Finally, Radar discusses the topic of the women sport's heroes. Some of the women sport heroes listed were Gertrude Ederle, Suzanne Lenglen, Helen Wills, and of course Babe Didrikson.
I feel now women's sports are still on the rise. More and more women are becoming known as great sport athletes. I feel that my little sister has great potential to play professional women's golf, as long as she doesn't get burnt out. She was very close last year of making it to state as a freshman, and she can already beat me (I hate admitting that). Looking at other woman that have cam through the ranks are such athletes as Mia Hamm the soccer player, Annika Sorenstam, Lisa Leslie and many more. Sport for women have also came through the cracks tremendously in the past decade. The WNBA came into effect and was world know, the LPGA is also a very big association of Ladies golfers, and other sports such as soccer and tennis. Some heroes that can be looked at now in women's sport are women such as Annika Sorenstam who in my opinion is the Tiger Woods of women's golf, Lisa Leslie who is the equivalent to the Michael Jordan of women's basketball, and finally Mia Hamm, the greatest female soccer player that United States has seen. I feel that all of these women are heroes to sport because they broke through the barrier of sex and have become great athletes in their sport. Many young girls look up to these athletes and hope to be like them someday.
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That is great that your sister has the potential to one day become a professional golfer. It is because of the legacies of golfers like Babe Didrikson and Annika Sorenstam that she will have that opportunity. I am glad you can appreciate that history!
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