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Sports Heroines

Traces the evolution of women's athletics from the 1920s through the late 1960s. Rare archival footage explores the history of women's golf, tennis, track and field, swimming, diving, skiing, skating, aviation, softball, baseball, basketball, field hockey, gymnastics, weight lifting, boating, and equestrian sports. Athletes featured include American legends Babe Didrikson, Patty Berg, Althea Gibson, and Wilma Rudolph along with tennis star Susanne Lenglen of France, Australian swimmer Dawn Frazier, and track and field star Fannie Blankers Koen of the Netherlands.

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