Babe Didrikson Zaharias, Woman Athlete and Equality Pioneer (redirected from Babe Didrikson Zaharias, Women Athlete and Equality Pioneer)

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Images are a 1956 Press Photo of Babe Didrikson Zaharias during three stages of her career.

Mildred (Babe) Didrikson Zaharis was 20th century America's greatest multisport star, including track and field (shot put, hurdles, high jump), baseball and golf.

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United States History II

36. Analyze the causes and course of one of the following social and political movements, including consideration of the role of protest, advocacy organizations and active citizen participation.

WIKI Page: The women's rights movement in the 1960s and 1970s

Biography

Mildred "Babe" Zaharias from National Women's History Museum

Biography for Babe Didrikson Zaharias

Obituary

No Matter the Game, Babe Didrikson Zaharias Played to Win from The New York Times

Women in Sports Herstories

Babe Didrikson Zaharias 1948

The Greatest Athlete

One of the most astonishing Great Colorado Women

Golf Highlights

- Won 31 LPGA tournaments
- Won 82 tournaments, amateur and professional, in an 18-year career
- Won 13 tournaments in a row, 16 of 17 in 1946-47
- Won 12 majors: 3 Titleholders, 4 Western Opens, 3 U.S. Opens, a British & U.S. Amateur

- Money leader first two years of LPGA tour, 1950-51.

Click here for her Records of Achievement in different sports.

Didrikson qualified for all five individual women's track and field events in 1932 Olympics, but was allowed to compete in only three of them.

Didrikson Was a Woman Ahead of Her Time, ESPN Sports Century

The Texas Tomboy: The Life and Legend of Babe Didrikson Zaharias

Babe Didrikson Zaharis Legacy Fades, New York Times, June 25, 2011.

Babe Didrikson from National Women's History Museum

Multimedia Resources

Listen to Babe Didrikson perform harmonica on "I Felt a Little Teardrop" on Mercury Records

1954 U.S. Women's Open: Babe's Courageous Win

1930s Babe Didrikson Zaharias Training

Footage of her training, punching a speed bag, running on a treadmill and sparring with a partner, showing her form and her fierceness. We can see while she spars, she shuffles in very similar fashion to the way Muhammad Ali would move around the ring, but as she is from before his time, perhaps she inspired Ali’s fighting style.

Babe Didrikson, 50 Greatest Athletes from YouTube.

Remembering a 'Babe' Sports Fans Shouldn't Forget, a podcast from NPR.

This Life I've Led: My Autobiography from Internet Archive.