Serving Herself: The Life and Times of Althea Gibson

Author/Contributor(s):	Brown, Ashley
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Date:	02/07/2023
Binding:	Hardcover
Condition:	NEW

Serving Herself is a comprehensive biography of Althea Gibson, one of the most important figures in African American women's sports history and one of the preeminent athletes of the twentieth century. Offering a portrait of the life and career of a complicated and unconventional figure, this book shows how Gibson reaped rewards as well as remonstrances for her extraordinary sports achievements and life-long defiance of social norms.