{"product_id":"little-wonder-the-fabulous-story-of-lottie-dod-the-worlds-first-female-sports-superstar-hardcover","title":"Little Wonder: The Fabulous Story of Lottie Dod, the World's First Female Sports Superstar - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSasha Abramsky\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Eighty-five years before Billie Jean King and Bobby Riggs fought the 'battle of the sexes, ' a Victorian teenager showed what women could do . . . [Abramsky] celebrates her as a brave and talented and determined original. In sports, the battle of the sexes is far from over, but Dod won more than a few break points simply by living her own life to the fullest.\" --\u003cem\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA \u003cem\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/em\u003e Best Sport Book of the Year\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLottie Dod was a truly extraordinary sports figure who blazed trails of glory in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Dod won Wimbledon five times, and did so for the first time in 1887, at the ludicrously young age of fifteen. After she grew bored with competitive tennis, she moved on to and excelled in myriad other sports: she became a leading ice skater and tobogganist, a mountaineer, an endurance bicyclist, a hockey player, a British ladies' golf champion, and an Olympic silver medalist in archery.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn her time, Dod had a huge following, but her years of distinction occurred just before the rise of broadcast media. By the outset of World War I, she was largely a forgotten figure; she died alone and without fanfare in 1960.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cem\u003eLittle Wonder\u003c\/em\u003e brings this remarkable woman's story to life, contextualizing it against a backdrop of rapid social change and tectonic shifts in the status of women in society. Dod was born into a world in which even upper-class women such as herself could not vote, were restricted in owning property, and were assumed to be fragile and delicate.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWomen of Lottie Dod's class were expected not to work and to definitely get married. Dod never married and never had children, instead putting heart and soul into training to be the best athlete she could possibly be. Paving the way for the likes of Billie Jean King, Serena Williams, and other top female athletes of today, Dod accepted no limits, no glass ceilings, and always refused to compromise.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSASHA ABRAMSKY\u003c\/b\u003e is a freelance journalist whose work has appeared over the past twenty-five years in major newspapers and magazines in the United States and United Kingdom. These include the \u003ci\u003eNation\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eAtlantic\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e online, \u003ci\u003eRolling Stone, Mother Jones\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eIndependent\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e, and the \u003ci\u003eNew Statesman\u003c\/i\u003e. He has written widely about poverty and inequality; hunger; mass incarceration; the treatment of immigrants, refugees, and asylum seekers; along with book reviews, cultural essays, and travel writing. \u003ci\u003eLittle Wonder\u003c\/i\u003e is Abramsky's ninth book. He teaches writing part-time at the University of California, Davis, and lives in Sacramento with his wife and two children.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.2 x 8.6 x 5.7 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 04, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51770631946528,"sku":"9781617758195","price":25.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/06210808caaf7a6a41149e24bd4ccb82.webp?v=1780375773","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/little-wonder-the-fabulous-story-of-lottie-dod-the-worlds-first-female-sports-superstar-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}