My selection is "Fearless: the story of racing legend Louise Smith" by Barb Rosenstock with illustrations by Scott Dawson.
Women's roles were clearly defined in the 1940s and 1950s and Louise Smith met traditional expectations as a wife with a nursing career, but she wanted something more. Speed! She found what she was looking for in NASCAR. She competed from 1949 - 1956, won 38 races, and became the first women elected to the International Motorsports Hall of Fame.
Rosenstock leads readers through the life of this dynamic women who began her career as a novelty to attract fans and continued into her later years as a car owner for some of Nascar's best known drivers.
Dawson's paintings capture Smith's life with the nostalgic feel of a begone era and create a sense of power and movement that clearly convey the potent attraction of racing.
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Female racers! Nice. The F1 fever has just kind of died down here in Singapore, but this would have been a nice book to review and cover during the height of the 'craze' and partymood.
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