Queens of the Ice: They were fast, they were fierce, they were teenage girls

by Carly Adams

Overview

In 1931, a group of ten teenage girls from Preston (present-day Cambridge), Ontario, enlisted the help of the top women's sport journalists of the era, and the Preston Rivulettes hockey team was born. Within a decade the team became so good that no other team would dare to play against them. Yet the struggles these young women faced are ones that women can still relate to today, including criticism for aggressive play and fighting, lack of financial and fan support, the right to govern their own sports organizations, and ice time that went to boys' and men's teams first. [Fry Reading Level - 4.8

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781552777220
Publisher:	James Lorimer & Company Ltd., Publishers
Publication date:	02/22/2012
Series:	Lorimer Recordbooks Series
Sold by:	De Marque
Format:	eBook
Pages:	1
File size:	787 KB
Age Range:	12 - 17 Years

About the Author

CARLY ADAMS is a sports historian at the University of Lethbridge, Alberta. She has written many articles on the history of women in hockey, including the Preston Rivulettes. Carly is also the Book Review Editor for the academic journal, Sport History Review. She is a member of the North American Society of Sport History and the North American Society for the Sociology of Sport.

Table of Contents

Contents

Prologue

1. Girls Want to Play

2. They Shoot! They Score!

3. The First Season

4. Moving Up

5. Going National

6. Changing the Rules

7. Champions of Canada

8. Money Problems

9. Fan Support

10. New Recruits

11. Where Are All the Fans?

12. The End of an Era

Epilogue

Glossary

About the Author

Photo Credits

Index