Donna de Varona Quotes:
Ocupation: Swimmer
Life: b. April 26, 1947
Birthday: April 26
In the early years of the Roaring Twenties, American women not only won the right to vote but they also earned headlines along side their male counterparts during the Golden Age of American sports. Michael Bohn shares an engaging story of how two sports heroines, tennis player Helen Wills and swimmer Gertrude Ederle, helped embolden women to seek self-fulfillment by challenging the status quo.
topic: Sports, Player, Self, Counterparts, Gertrude, Challenging The Status Quo, Helen, Roaring Twenties, Self Fulfillment
