Women In Sports features 50 fearless athletes. The book talks about them chronologically, starting in 1893. I only recognized about 15 names, the more modern names like Biles and Ledecky. Women are often touted as the "Weaker sex" but these athletes show just what woman can do and they have become legends! There are really cool illustrations throughout the book and there are pages for each of the women which includes a small bio on that athlete. Pretty much every sport there is, is represented throughout this book and it was a really fun and interesting read!

I received a free e-copy of this book in order to write this review, I was not otherwise compensated.

I'm not huge into sports other than Baseball and female Soccer nor was I ever good at sports growing up. But when the people of the amazing book Women In Science decides to make one about Women in Sports, I couldn't walk away from this book. I was lucky enough to get both an eARC for this and Physical copy, which is the best way to experience this book and the beautiful artwork that goes with it. 

It's a lovely read for those who like sports and even those of us who don't. It's fully of inspiring women from around the world from early years to present day. Admittedly, I enjoyed the more historical parts of the book more due to the fact I hadn't heard of these women as much and they took a lot of the steps that led to women in sports today. I skimmed more of the women of today, already knowing most of their stories, though their accomplishments aren't less important. All of the women in this book are inspiring and who worked not only for women's rights in sports but also in the world around us. 

The art like I mentioned before is beautiful. I seriously love the style and colors used and it added in keeping the book feeling fun when sometimes books like this can get tiring depending on what facts they stick to. The attention to detail is amazing, every little image on their pages have to do with that woman and her sport and it gives you an idea what your about to read even before you read it.

Do I recommend it? I do for women and men with some interest in sports or sports history. I think that if you have an interest in sports in particular, it will hold your attention for a lot longer than it did mine.

I love Rachel Ignotovsky's work and this book was no different. Iluminating and entertaining mini biographies of accomplished women in sport that many may not have heard of, this is a great read both for adults wanting to learn more about the women they weren't taught in school (and maybe even inspire additional research and reading) and for kids, to expose them to these amazing figures in history early.

Filled with lots of world leading sports women this is an important book. The illustrations are beautiful and I love the diversity of the women included.

I loved Women in Science and Women in Sports did not disappoint. Ignotofsky presents trailblazing females in visually appetizing one-page vignettes. In this book we meet female athletes who have been opening doors, breaking records, winning championships--and even Olympic medals--in a wide variety of sports.

Though it clocks in at 128 pages, it felt a lot longer. Formatted in tiny chapters, each section of prose is accompanied by a cartoonish painting with hard-to-read words in tiny script floating around the outsides. It mostly just states facts in a boring manner; every chapter starts with “she was born on” and then “she started to play.” They are good intros to each person, but the lack of style is such that I doubt it would inspire anyone to find out more. I realize this is for kids, but it underestimates the intelligence of its young readers.
The only chapter that I found remotely interesting—not that the women weren’t interesting, it’s the presentation that lacks—was about the final game of the 1999 Women’s World Cup, where over 90,000 spectators packed the Rose Bowl to watch the United States beat China in penalties. Why did I find this interesting? Because I was there.

Sports are not something that really grab or hold my interest, so this was a perfect way to read about some amazing female athletes from the late 1800s to the present. The format of the book with bright illustrations and concise one page biographies is great. I truly appreciated the diversity of the women and the sports represented. This book shares a positive message of strength and determination on every page.

I really enjoyed the layout of this book. Each of the women got a page describing their feats as well as trivia around the edges of the main text. They author chose fifty women and showed how they contributed to a wide range of sports.
It got a little wearing after a while to read these short snippets. It didn't hold my attention. So while this book may not have been a good fit for me, someone who loves short, tight writing in their informative fiction might really enjoy this book.

'The Battle of the Sexes' was so named because of the tennis match with Billie Jean King vs Bobby Riggs in the 1970s and this book looks back with some interesting profiles of female sports stars, many of whom I'd not heard of before.
It has a section about each woman with a biography and outline of not only their individual achievements but often their place in 'breaking that glass ceiling' of participation in sport at all.
As the feminist movement grew in the 1970s with the lifting of the US law preventing discrimination of school funding for sports against girls, many sports were allowing women to compete if not on an equal, but a similar standard level of athletic ability in many fields.
However some of the earlier pioneers were also described, - such as skater Florence Madeline 'Madge' Cave, born 1881 in England, who after marrying skater Edgar Syers was finally able to compete in the 'men only'1902 World Championship and then later to win medals at the Olympics.
Because of the long held views that women neither had the ability or the strength to compete in many sports most competition rules could be overturned as officials never presumed women would even be able to achieve the basic standard of fitness required, although I noted the International Olympic Committee (IOC) first allowed women to compete in 1900.
Many of the profiles are from America and cover popular, usually male dominated sports like baseball and basketball. But stars such as Japan's Keiko Fukuda had lifelong success in Judo. Despite calling off her arranged marriage when she wouldn't have been allowed to carry on with her sport, she had a full and successful career in America, reaching a 10th dan (the highest Judo level) and died at 99 years.
There is also descriptions of women's pay scales in sport (unequal of course) over the years and a section of famous women's teams. The sections have colourful and fun illustrations and overall it's an interesting insight to an area of women's rights that I've not read in such detail before, with athletes in many sports that were new to me.
It is certainly better as a paper/hardback version to get the full impact and would be inspiring for young girls starting out on their sporting lives, where even today, the media shuns their participation and hardly features their achievements on the male dominated back pages. Let's face it there is more to sport than 22 men on a football field.........

Honestly fantastic. I really enjoyed this and learned so many new things too! Definitely one to buy and read to my little sister to set her up for when she's older and wants to achieve her dreams.

When I saw this book I was so super happy. As a girl, I've actually always preferred male sports and been parts of Cricket, Golf, Football, Badminton and now weight lifting groups as well.

We often get judged for it and unfairly so and a book about women doing great in sports is just what is needed in society to be celebrated more.

The book goes through a timeline of history as well as including a wide range of sports. It talks of the challenges the women faced and some consequences were even death in past times!

This book would be brilliant for schools, in modern day we need women and young girls to not give up on sports and think its for boys and it's a subject I am passionate about greatly. An empowering and inspiring book with many modern athletes we know doing great today from Serena Williams to Simone Biles and Nicola Adams.

Thanks to the publishers for allowing me a copy to review!

I love the artwork and information placed around the borders of the pages. It is good to have a nice book like this as a quick reference to the great things that many women have accomplished in sports.

This was such an interesting and enjoyable book. The focus of the book was not just women in the more commonly known sports such as swimming, gymanstics, soccer, or basketball. There were women breaking barriers in everything from ping pong to shooting to BMX and also featured women from around the globe. It still leaves me dumbfounded when I hear about women being the weaker sex or playing sports will be too harmful to the female body. These women and many more prove just how false those statements are.

I received this book from Netgalley for an honest review.

This book couldn't come out at a better time. Celebrating women in general and those who competed in sports is important to do, especially the ones in the beginning when women weren't allowed to compete. There are women from long ago that most people don't know about and there are more recent women, like Simone Biles. There are great pictures and infographics that go with each story too. I plan to purchase a copy for my teen area.

A very enlightening book to read as being a sports fanatic, it was nice to read about these very inspirational women. Downside for me however was the majority of the women chosen were people I had never heard of because they were either American or were from sports that I do not follow.

This book was designed really well and I loved the graphics for each athlete. I also appreciated the variety of women and sports that Ignotofsky chose to highlight. Some of the bios were felt a little too glossed over, but overall I really enjoyed this book.

If you enjoyed Women in Science you will love Women in Sports as well! I love reading about extraordinary and inspiring women in any field, but these women were especially enjoyable to read about because they are making huge strides in male dominated fields. This is book is full of amazing women. and fun illustrations and it was truly a joy to read!