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American Women Athletes

These pioneering and high-achieving athletes demonstrate that women and girls have the grit and skills to make a mark in the world of sports and strike a blow for women's equality.

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  • Smithsonian American Art Museum
    Anita C. Miller, Women's Field Hockey, Philadelphia, from the series Shooting for the Gold

  • National Museum of American History
    1945 Racine Belles Yearbook

  • National Museum of American History
    Program for the First Annual Orange Bowl Women's Basketball Classic, 1978

  • National Museum of American History
    Baseball Glove used by Betsy Jochum of the South Bend Blue Sox

  • National Museum of American History
    Program for the Maryland ACC Champs Women's Basketball, 1978

  • National Museum of African American History and Culture
    Group portrait of a young women's basketball team

  • National Museum of American History
    Program for the First Annual Women's ACC Basketball Championship, 1978

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