Twins Jocelyne Lamoureux-Davidson and Monique Lamoureux-Morando started playing ice hockey with their four older brothers and their friends on a frozen pond next to their home in North Dakota. They went on to win six World Championships and played in three Olympics, winning two silver medals and ultimately a gold medal in South Korea in 2018 for the USA Women’s National Team. They also took on their governing body ― USA Hockey ― threatening to boycott the 2017 World Championships and jeopardizing their ability to compete in the 2018 Olympics unless their gender equity issues were addressed.
In Dare to Make History, the Lamoureux twins chronicle their journey to the pinnacle of their sport, their efforts along with almost 150 other hockey players to start a new professional women’s hockey league, their training to make another national team after giving birth, their tireless efforts to advance the interests of disadvantaged communities, and their ongoing contributions as role models championing the dreams of future generations of girls.
This is not a hockey book. It is not a girls book. It is a book about the importance of the fight for equity, particularly gender equity. It is the inspirational story of how two young women from a small town in North Dakota have dreamed big, and in the end how they have dared to make history.
Recommended Age | Adults |
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Author | Jocelyne Lamoureux-Davidson, Monique Lamoureux-Morando |
ISBN | 163576727X |
Publication Date | Feb 23, 2021 |
Publisher | Radius Book Group |
Language | English |