Best for: Anyone interested in how women have had to fight against sexism, misogyny, and racism to do simple things like run really fast. In a nutshell: Three women’s stories are told starting in the late 1920s through to the 1936 Berlin Olympic. Worth quoting: “Getting a taste of what it felt like to be good at something and then having it taken away still left her feeling crushed when she allowed herself to think about it.” “Rules could be broken. Judges could be wrong. […]
Fighting For the Right For Women To Compete
Fast Girls: A Novel of the 1936 Women’s Olympic Team by Elise Hooper