Robert J. Condon, Great Women Athletes of the 20th Century. Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 1991. Gives brief biographies of twentieth-century athletes.

Lindsey Hall, Full Lives: Women Who have Freed Themselves from Food and Weight Obsession. Carlsbad, CA:

Gürze Books, 1993. Presents a collection of essays by women who have overcome problems with eating.

Jane R. Hirschmann and Carol H. Munter, Overcoming Overeating. New York: Ballantine Books, 1988. Examines cultural pressures that cause overeating and offers a plan for moving beyond a negative preoccupation with eating and body weight.

Marya Hornbacher, Wasted: A Memoir of Anorexia and Bulimia. New York: HarperFlamingo, 1998. Hornbacher presents a frank and detailed story of her troubled adolescence and long struggle with eating disorders.

Judy Mann, The Difference—Discovering the Hidden Ways We Silence Girls: Finding Alternatives That Can Give Them a Voice. New York: Warner Books, 1996. Discusses the negative messages our...