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Babe Didrikson Zaharias - Famous Texans  Biography of Babe Didrikson Zaharias, pioneer and leader in women's ... Texas, where the children, with the encouragement of both parents, became skilled ... Complaints from more socially polished members of the Texas Women's Golf ... the British Women's Amateur Championship (she was the first American to win it),...
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ESPN.com: Didrikson was a woman ahead of her time  The first to prove a girl could be a stud athlete, Babe Didrikson began as a muscular phenom ... she was accomplished in just about every sport - basketball, track, golf, baseball, tennis, ... The next year, she was the first American to win the British Amateur. Among her 55 tournament victories were three U.S. Women's Opens.
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Mildred Ella "Babe" Didrikson Zaharias - National Women's History ...  Mildred Ella Babe Didrikson Zaharias was one of America's foremost female ... She won 82 tournaments over her golfing career. ... Between 1943 and 1947 (when she turned professional again) she won 17 ... It was during this time that she became the first woman to win the British Women's Amateur Golf Tournament.
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Babe Didrikson Zaharias - Wikipedia  After gaining back her amateur status in 1942, she won the 1946 U.S. Women's Amateur and the 1947 British Ladies Amateur  the first American to do so  and...
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1947 British Women's Amateur Championship - The Golf Course  and right Babe with the 1947 British Women's Amateur Trophy ... final match in which she defeated 2 time British Women's Amateur Champion Frances ... Zaharias became the 1st American to win the British Women's Amateur Championship.
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Who Were The First US Women To Win Olympic Gold In ... - Team USA  Mar 24, 2016 ... When she earned slalom gold, it was the first Olympic gold medal won by any ... An underdog in 1948, she shocked the world and became the most ... In 1976, she was the first female U.S. Olympic champion in the sport, taking gold in ... She went on to stun the world, becoming the first U.S. fencer to win an...
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Barbara Ann Scott Bio, Stats, and Results | Olympics at Sports ...  Scott won her first of five straight Canadian senior championships in 1944. In 1945 and 1947 Scott was North American champion. International competition...
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Who Were The First U.S. Women To Win Olympic Gold In Each Sport?  Mar 24, 2016 ... Fraser's road to the Olympics was a long one, as she missed out on the ... Flowers became the first black athlete ever to win a gold medal at a ... Carpenter's first Olympic experience came when she was a 14-year-old speedskater in 1972. ... winning the Olympic silver medal in 1952 and going on to win five...
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First ladies, The hollywood bowl and First daughter on Pinterest  See more about First ladies, The hollywood bowl and First daughter. ... Harry Truman Margaret performed in her first public concert at the Hollywood Bowl in 1947. ..... Historical Stuff: ALL THINGS POLITICAL (USA) ... Before Betty Bloomer met future-President Gerald Ford, she was a pretty 14- .... Today's Famous Birthdays.
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U.S. Open Tennis: Greatest Lady Champions of the Modern Era ...  Aug 17, 2010 ... Hingis played in ten U.S. Open tournaments leaving with an 82.7 winning percentage. ... She won her first U.S. Open championship in the modern era in 1969 by .... complex now housed in Flushing Meadows in Queens, New York. ... 6 wins at the U.S. Open, winning four consecutive titles from 1975-1978.
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Nancy Lopez facts, information, pictures | Encyclopedia.com articles ...  Lopez won the first of her three New Mexico Women's Amateur Championships ... She won the U.S. Girls Junior championship in both 1972 and 1974. ... As a freshman she won the Association of Intercollegiate Athletics for Women golf championship and was ... 1978, Posts record five consecutive wins during rookie year.
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You could own 1947 Tony Award won by EGOT champ Helen ...  Apr 1, 2013 ... Fittingly, the "First Lady of the American Theater" won the first of her two Tony ... She picked up the prize for her performance in Anita Loos' Happy ... For the first two years of these awards  which were a tribute to ... While her estate is precluded from selling that one, it could part with the first Oscar as it...
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Best Ever: Top performances by African-American players headline ...  Feb 9, 2011 ... Before the summer was out, the 23-year-old Gibson became the first ... the idea of crowning undisputed champions in an "Open Era" held massive ... defending champion at Forest Hills, winning the 1967 tournament. ... 3, was destined to be the first African-American woman to win it all in Flushing Meadows.
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Free Flashcards about WOMEN IN SPORTS - StudyStack  THE ASSOCIATION FOR THIS SPORT PLAYED BY WOMEN IN SCHOOLS ... IN 1965 SHE BECAME THE FIRST WOMAN TO EARN A PROFESSIONAL LICENSE FROM THE NATIONAL HOT ROD ASSOCIATION, SHIRLEY MULDOWNEY.
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The 115th US Open begins Thursday, a look back at the first one in ...  Dec 15, 2015 ... Twenty-one-year-old Horace Rawlins won the first U.S. Open in 1895 ... Thirty-two men played in the first round on Oct. 1, 1895, and Charles Blair MacDonald won ... Also, people fleeing Dutch religious persecution brought their sports .... the first official national amateur and open championships Oct. 1-3,...
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Ann Curtis dies at 86; swimmer won two gold medals at 1948 ...  Jul 23, 2012 ... Ann Curtis, a swimmer who was widely regarded as one of the ... National Security  Investigations  Morning Mix  Post Nation  Obituaries ... In 1944, she became the first woman and the first swimmer to receive the James E. Sullivan Memorial Trophy, an award given to the outstanding U.S. amateur athlete.
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List of American women's firsts - Wikipedia  This is a list of American women's firsts, noting the first time that an American woman or women .... Belva Lockwood became the first woman to argue a case before the U.S. ... Harriet Quimby was the first woman to be licensed as an airplane pilot in ... Gertrude Ederle was the first woman to swim across the English Channel.
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A brief history of Women's Majors  Kingdom Magazine  The majors of women's golf are dynamicand not just for the level of play. ... the first female player to win the closest thing to a Grand Slam in women's golf at the time. ... is now one of two supported by both the LPGA and the Ladies European ... even making some history of its own in 2014, hosting the event at Pinehurst the...
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LPGA HISTORY | LPGA | Ladies Professional Golf Association  Donna Caponi won her second consecutive U.S. Women's Open. ... for the most wins with five. 1978. Nancy Lopez (right) was a rookie and won nine times. .... 21 different LPGA players won tournaments, an LPGA record. .... Citibanamex Lorena Ochoa Invitational Presented by Aeromexico and Delta Mexico City, Mexico.
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Ann Curtis dies at 86; U.S. swimmer won three medals at '48 Olympics  Jul 26, 2012 ... Ann Curtis set a record by winning 34 national Amateur Athletic Union championships during her career from ... In 1944, the 5-foot-10, 160-pound swimmer became the first woman and the first swimmer to receive the James E. Sullivan Award, which is given to the outstanding amateur athlete in the country.
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James E. Sullivan Award - Wikipedia  First awarded, 1930. Currently held by, Keenan Reynolds and Breanna Stewart. Official website, aausullivan.org. The AAU James E. Sullivan Award, presented by the Amateur Athletic Union (AAU), is awarded ... The first female recipient, in 1944, was swimmer Ann Curtis, who won more ..... United States Golf Association.