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Video stills of skateboarder Peggy Oki via Tomboy Style.
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Shop the Back in the Paddle Top.
Young Women’s Basketball Team, c. 1911
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Patti McGee, the 1965 “National Girls’ Champion” in Skateboarding. (via Life.com)
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Baseball player Dorothy Kamenshek played for the Rockford Illinois Peaches between 1943 and 1953. Team name sound familiar? The adventures of Kamenshek and her teammates inspired the film A League of Their Own! (via Britannica)
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Hungary’s Ildikó Újlaky-Rejtő, gold medal-winning fencer at the 1964 Tokyo games.
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Encountering a hurdle you think you can’t overcome? Let Dutch gold medalist Fanny Blanker-Koen inspire you!
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Gold medal-winning American Helen Wills didn’t just show off her stuff on the tennis court. She was also an accomplished artist and author.
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Romanian gymnast Nadia Comăneci made history in 1976 when she became the first female gymnast to earn a perfect score, but it was her poise on the balance beam that was especially striking.
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American Olympian Paula Jean Myers-Pope took Rome by storm in 1960 with her dazzling diving performance. (Image via The ModCloth Blog - Sporty Style: 7 Inspiring Women Olympians from Decades Past)
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