Tennis ace Althea Gibson blows kisses to cheering crowd at Broadway parade in her honor, New York, New York, July 11, 1957. Born in South Carolina in...
Polish-American athlete Stella Walsh posing for photographers at Madison Square Garden, New York City, 12 March 1930. Also known as Stanisława...
Althea's Dream Comes True., ...Althea Gibson leaves Forest Hills court accompanied by Alice Marble and applause of spectators.,
Nancy Lieberman on the bench at Iona College, June 6, 1986. Ms Liberman was only 17 when she took part in the Olympics' inaugural women's basketball...
Williamsport, Pa.: Little League World Series. Victoria Roche, first girl to ever play in the Little League World Series, is all smiles as she leaves...
Miss Fanny Durack of Australia, champion woman swimmer of the world, photographed in San Francisco, wearing some of the many medals she has won in...
Antwerp, Belgium- Picture shows Miss Ethelda Bleibtrey and Miss Aillen Riggin of the US woman's swimming team. Riggin was the first-ever female...
Axamer Lizum, Austria- West Germany's Rosi Mittermaier twists her way through a maze of gates in the Olympic Womens' Slalom course at Lizum, on her...
Mildred "Babe" Didrikson, shortly after setting a world record in the javelin competition at the 1932 Olympic Games.
Mexico City: Mexico's Norma Enriqueta Basilio, the first woman in the history of the modern Olympic Games to light the Olympic Fire, runs up the...
Mrs. Billie Jean King with three trophies after her victories at Wimbledon, England. She is an American tennis star.
Tokyo, Japan, Australian Dawn Fraser after splashing her way to victory in the 100 meter free syle event. She won for the third consecutive time, in...
Alice Coachman of the Tuskegee Institute Club is seen as she wins the high jump event at the National Women's Track and Field meet.
Moscow, USSR: Athletic sisters who are queens of the track world, Irina, , and Tamara Press, congratulate each other after both scored world record...
Patty Berg, 19-year-old golf sensation from Minneapolis, is shown drinks a long toast to her victory at the Palm Beach Women's Annual Golf...
Helene Dutrieu, outstanding pioneer woman pilot of France, is shown in the open-air pilot's seat. Her feats included record-breaking flights and...
Members of the U.S. Women's 400-meter relay team, the famed "Tennessee Tigerbelles," stand together after setting a world record in a winning heat of...
Mildred Zaharias, former Babe Didrikson, of Los Angeles, who is credited with hitting a golf ball farther than any other woman golfer, on the links...
Anita DeFranz, shown in this photograph, a member of the Athletes Advisory Council and bronze medal winner in rowing at the 1976 Olympics in...
Multiple exposure show's Romania's Nadia Comaneci on the balance beam in Olympic women gymnastics 7/22, as she went on to win her second gold medal...
New York, New York- These are the Olympic athletes who will do their stint for Uncle Sam in the big games in Berlin. Left to right rear: Dave...
Providence, RI-ORIGINAL CAPTION READS: Miss Helen Stephens the nation's number 1 all around woman athlete was snapped at Brown University Field. She...
Nancy Lopez-Melton blasts out of a sand trap during the first round of the LPGA Championship on June 5, 1980.
Portrait of American basketball player Sheryl Swoopes as she poses against a white background, a basketball in her hands, New York, New York, 1990s.
Portrait of American baseball player Toni Stone, of the Negro League's Indianapolis Clowns, as she poses with a baseball, Florida, spring 1953. Stone...
Marit Bjoergen of Norway competes during the Women's Cross-Country Individual Sprint C Final on day 6 of the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics at...
Lindsey Vonn of the United States reacts after competing during the Alpine Skiing Ladies Downhill on day 6 of the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics at...
Arianna Fontana of Italy competes in the Ladies' 500 m Short Track on day 2 of the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics at Pacific Coliseum on February 13,...
Chris Evert of the United States holds the Suzanne-Lenglen Cup after her victory over defending champion Martina Navratilova during their Women's...
English racing cyclist Beryl Burton after winning the World Pursuit Championship at Liège in Belgium for the fourth time in five years, 8th August...
Marie Bochet of France compete in the Alpine Skiing Women's Downhill, Standing during day one of the PyeongChang 2018 Paralympic Games on March 10,...
Nigeria's Simidele Adeagbo celebrates after finishing the women's skeleton heat 3 run during the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympic Games, at the...
American tennis player King holds the Manchester Silver Challenge Tray after winning the tournament. A contemporary newspaper article said: �With a...
Steffi Graf of Germany signing autographs during the Australian Open Tennis Championships at Melbourne Park in Melbourne, Australia circa January...
Helle Nice french model, dancer and Grand Prix motor racing driver, here at the Grand Prix de Comminges august 26, 1934
American tennis player Althea Gibson enjoys a round of golf at the reception for overseas entrants in the Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Championships, held...
Chilean tennis player Anita Lizana in action against R. E. Haylock during the Women's Singles final of the Tally Ho Lawn Tennis Tournament in...
Ellyse Perry poses during a Cricket Australia via Getty Images Women's Player Camp at the Centre For Excellence on September 18, 2017 in Brisbane,...
Eleanor Simmonds of Great Britain wins the gold medal in the Women's 100m Freestyle - S6 Final at the National Stadium during day two of the 2008...
Janet Guthrie stands in front of her car before the 1977 Winston Cup Daytona 500 on February 20, 1977 at the Daytona International Speedway in...
Track & Field: 1988 Summer Olympics, USA Jackie Joyner-Kersee in 100M hurdle action during heptathlon, Seoul, KOR 9/17/1988--10/2/1978
Close-up of the hands of American athlete Florence Griffith Joyner displaying her medals for winning gold in the Women's 100, 200 and 4x100 metres...
American alpine skier Seba Johnson of the Virgin Islands team pictured posing with mascots during competition to finish in 37th place in the Women's...
American tennis player Serena Williams kisses her trophy after winning a match during the US Open at the USTA National Tennis Courts in Flushing...
Tanni Grey-Thompson of Great Britain wins T53 at the Athens 2004 Paralympic Games at the Olympic Stadium in Athens, Greece.
Ragnhild Myklebust of Norway skis her way to a gold medal in the women's 10km Cross-Country Sitski event during the Salt Lake City Winter Paralympic...
Romanian gymnast Nadia Comaneci, waving after competition in the floor exercise, part of the women's artistic team all-around gymnastics competition...
German tennis player Steffi Graf pictured in action during competition to progress to win the final of the 1989 US Open Women's Singles tennis...
Czech born Swiss tennis player Martina Hingis pictured in action during competition in the Girls' Singles tournament at the Wimbledon Lawn Tennis...
Australian tennis player Evonne Goolagong Cawley pictured in action competing to progress to reach the final of the Ladies' Singles tournament at the...
Tara Nott of the USA lifts the bar in the Womens Weightlifting during the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games at the Sydney Convention Center in Sydney,...
Free mountain rock climber Carolynn Marie "Lynn" Hill clings to the rockface during a climb on 1 June 1983 in Yosemite Valley, California, United...
Jessica Long of the United States competes in the Women's 400m Freestyle S8 final on day 1 of the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games at Olympic Aquatics...
