Swimming pretty the untold story of women in water

Swimming pretty

the untold story of women in water
Vicki Valosik
Book - 2024

A groundbreaking history of how women found synchronicity--and power--in water.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Valosik, Vicki (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York, N.Y. : Liveright Publishing Corporation, [2024]
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Synchronized swimming > History.
Swimming for women > History.
Women swimmers > History.
Sports for women > History.
Sex discrimination > History.
Women Olympic athletes > History.

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505 0 |a Prologue -- Science -- Stage -- Stardom -- Safety -- Sideshow -- Sport -- Synching up -- Spectacle -- Silver screen -- Swimming synchronized -- Epilogue: Faster, higher, stronger-together -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Illustration credits -- Index. 
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520 |a Published to coincide with the 40th anniversary of synchronized swimming's elevation to Olympic status, this breathtaking book, tracing a century of aquatic performance, from vaudeville and dime museums to the Olympic arena, honors the grit, glamor and sheer athleticism of an utterly unique sport that forever changed women's relationships with water. 
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