The First Lady of Olympic Track: The Life and Times of Betty Robinson by Joe Gergen

The First Lady of Olympic Track: The Life and Times of Betty Robinson

Joe Gergen

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The 1928 Olympic Games in Amsterdam were the first in which women--over the objections of many, including Pope Pius XI and the founder of the modern Olympics, Baron Pierre de Coubertin--were allowed to run in the marquee track events.Equally remar...

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