"Throughout history, in every sport and at all levels of play, woman athletes have been told they were never going to be fast enough, strong enough of good enough. In this book, Chelsea Clinton introduces readers to woman athletes who have excelled in their sports because of their passion, their skills and their persistence. She persisted in sports is a book for everyone who has ever aimed for a goal and been told it wasn't theirs to make, for everyone who has ever raced for a finish line that seemed all too far away and for everyone who has ever felt small or unimportant while out on the field." -- From the book jacket.

Margaret Ives Abbott -- Gertrude Ederle -- Mildred "Babe" Didrikson Zaharias -- Wilma Rudolph -- Jean Driscoll -- Mia Hamm -- Kristi Yamaguchi -- Venus and Serena Williams -- Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh Jennings -- Diana Taurasi -- Simone Biles -- Ibtihaj Muhammad -- Jocelyne and Monique Lamoureux.