Susan Cayleff, presents the factual information in a clear and comprehensive manner. It is unfortunate that the life of Babe, reads like a sophmoric book report.

I loved reading about this gregarious and complicated athlete. This is a biography intended for young adults, but everyone will like it. Cayleff's original adult biography says she spent ten years researching Babe's life, interviewing surviving family and friends, etc., so her story is the real thing. It's also an important story, since she was the only female mentioned in the top 10 of "the greatest 20th century athletes" lists by ESPN, etc.

I particularly enjoyed how Babe had a talented story-telling "changeling" quality to remake herself when she wasn't getting what she wanted. She was a physically strong "Texas tomboy" trying to make it in a time and place that liked girly-girl athletes.

What struck me most was the irony that her tombstone reads "It's not whether you win or lose, it's how you play the game," yet Babe always said "I don't see any point in playing if I don't win. Do you?" She had a few different images going for her, and she used all the tricks!

Get it; I'm assigning it to my community college students to learn about both women and American culture in the 30s-50s. They'll enjoy reading it while learning.

Amazing champion this lady was. Her accomplishments in a short life are dazzling. Like many others naturally gifted with athleticism and a burning desire to compete and win, Babe did just that.

This is well written, but suffers from my own perspective with an underlying desire to document how cruel and unmodern Babe's cultural times were to not allow lesbian relationships to be openly exposed and women to be subjected to conformity.

We live in just the reversal, where abnormality shines brightly as acceptable or even desirable, and where has this sexual revolution gotten our society?

Babe loved the game of golf, and my interest was primarily in this achievement area of her career. She should deserve more recognition as one of the game's truly greats!

Since I am from Beaumont, Texas (South Park) and a fan of the BABE, I found the book a very interesting read. I was unaware of the Babe's relationship with Betty Dodd; however, I feel that an individual's sexual life is their own business. I can't help but wonder how the author could have been sure of their special relationship without ever being in the same bedroom with them??? Changing her colostomy bag is hardly a sexual act, but the type of action from a nurse, close relative or friend.

THis is one of the best sports biographies I have read.Its very well written, very unbiased,sensitive and portrays an accurate picture of this amazing human being. Its also a fun read and reveals a side of the Babe,her pranks,egocentric often annoying style, that few knew.In my mind she surely was the greatest woman,s athlete and this book truly does her justice.You won,t be disappointed

This anthology discusses health concerns faced by women of color. The contributors are diverse (women of color, white women, and even a couple of men). The writing styles are different (personal narrative, high cultural theory, public policy analysis, statistical numbers crunching, etc.). The topics vary too. I think the best chapters come near the end of the book and deal with breast cancer and HIV/AIDS. There is also regional diversity in terms of the participants studied. This book does include chapters on Asian women, Latinas, immigrants, and Native American women. Still, the book mostly focuses upon African-American women. In fact, chapters that mention nothing about race tend to address black women. Instead, they use signifiers ("the projects", "Rural Louisiana", etc.) As great as this book was, I see one big, potential problem. The authors describe the health beliefs of women of color to highlight how Western, Eurocentric medicine may be missing them or not helping them. Unfortunately, in some ways, this book makes women of color look superstitious, primitive, and almost illiterate. By discussing Black women who don't accept that they passed sickle cell anemia to their children, Latinas who say they'd rather die than suffer from breast cancer, and Southeast Asian women who drink teas in order to shoo away evil spirits, women of color--facing so many barriers as it is--look so backwards here. I wonder if the editors pondered this problem.