Little Wonder: The Fabulous Story of Lottie Dod, the World?s First Female Sports Superstar

A groundbreaking biography of the world’s first female sports superstar, the pioneering and uncompromising Lottie Dod.

“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.” —The Atlantic

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