Babe Didrikson Zaharias - wikipedia Babe Didrikson Zaharias Babe Didrikson Zaharias Babe Zaharias c. 1938 Full name Mildred Ella Didrikson Zaharias Nickname Babe ( 1911 - 06 - 26 ) June 26, 1911 Port Arthur, Texas, U.S. September 27, 1956 ( 1956 - 09 - 27 ) ( aged 45 ) Galveston, Texas, U.S. Height 5 ft 7 in ( 1.70 m ) Weight 126 lb ( 57 kg ) Nationality United States Spouse George Zaharias Career Turned professional 1947 Retired 1956 ( her death ) Former tour ( s ) LPGA Tour ( joined 1950, its founding ) Professional wins 48 Number of wins by tour LPGA Tour 41 Other 7 Best results in LPGA major championships ( wins : 10 ) Western Open Won : 1940, 1944, 1945, 1950 Titleholders C'ship Won : 1947, 1950, 1952 U.S. Women 's Open Won : 1948, 1950, 1954 Achievements and awards World Golf Hall of Fame 1951 ( member page ) LPGA Tour Money Winner 1950, 1951 LPGA Vare Trophy 1954 Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year 1932, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1950, 1954 Bob Jones Award 1957 Babe Didrikson Zaharias Sport Sport Athletics Event ( s ) Sprint, 80 m hurdles, high jump, long jump, javelin throw, discus throw, shot put Club Employers ' Casualty Co. Club Achievements and titles Personal best ( s ) 80 mH -- 11.7 ( 1932 ) 100 m -- 12.3 ( 1931 ) 200 m -- 25.6 ( 1931 ) HJ -- 1.65 m ( 1932 ) LJ -- 5.70 m ( 1930 ) JT -- 43.69 m ( 1932 ) DT -- 42.06 m ( 1932 ) SP -- 12.04 m ( 1932 ) Medal record Representing the United States Olympic Games 1932 Los Angeles 80 m hurdles 1932 Los Angeles Javelin throw 1932 Los Angeles High jump Mildred Ella `` Babe '' Didrikson Zaharias ( / zəˈhɑːriəs / ; June 26, 1911 -- September 27, 1956 ) was an American athlete who achieved a great deal of success in golf, basketball, baseball and track and field. She won two gold medals in track and field at the 1932 Summer Olympics, before turning to professional golf and winning 10 LPGA major championships. She is widely regarded as one of the greatest female athletes of all time. Contents 1 Biography 1.1 Athletic achievements 1.1. 1 AAU champion 1.1. 2 1932 Olympics 1.1. 3 Post-Olympics 1.1. 4 Golf 1.2 Golfing awards 1.3 Baseball 1.4 Last years and death 2 Legacy 2.1 Contemporary impressions 2.2 Modern - day 2.3 Babe Zaharias Golf Course 2.4 California course 2.5 In the media 3 Amateur wins 4 Professional wins 4.1 LPGA Tour wins ( 41 ) 4.2 Other wins 5 Major championships 5.1 Wins ( 10 ) 6 See also 7 References 8 Bibliography 9 External links Biography Mildred Ella Didrikson was born on June 26, 1911, the sixth of seven children, in the coastal city of Port Arthur, Texas. Her mother, Hannah, and her father, Ole Didriksen, were immigrants from Norway. Although her three eldest siblings were born in Norway, Babe and her three other siblings were born in Port Arthur. She later changed the spelling of her surname from Didriksen to Didrikson. She moved with her family to 850 Doucette in Beaumont, Texas, at age 4. She claimed to have acquired the nickname `` Babe '' ( after Babe Ruth ) upon hitting five home runs in a childhood baseball game, but her Norwegian mother had called her `` Bebe '' from the time she was a toddler. Though best known for her athletic gifts, Didrikson had many talents. She also competed in sewing. An excellent seamstress, she made many of her clothes, including her golfing outfits. She claimed to have won the sewing championship at the 1931 State Fair of Texas in Dallas ; she did win the South Texas State Fair in Beaumont, embellishing the story many years later in 1953. She attended Beaumont High School. Never a strong student, she was forced to repeat the eighth grade and was a year older than her classmates. She eventually dropped out without graduating after she moved to Dallas to play basketball. She was a singer and a harmonica player and recorded several songs on the Mercury Records label. Her biggest seller was `` I Felt a Little Teardrop '' with `` Detour '' on the flip side. Already famous as Babe Didrikson, she married George Zaharias ( 1908 -- 1984 ), a professional wrestler, in St. Louis, Missouri, on December 23, 1938. Thereafter, she was largely known as Babe Didrikson Zaharias or Babe Zaharias. The two met while playing golf. George Zaharias, a Greek American, was a native of Pueblo, Colorado. Called the `` Crying Greek from Cripple Creek, '' Zaharias also did some part - time acting, appearing in the 1952 movie Pat and Mike. The Zahariases had no children. They were rebuffed by authorities when they sought to adopt. Babe Zaharias Park is located in Beaumont adjacent to her museum. Athletic achievements Didrikson gained world fame in track and field and All - American status in basketball. She played organized baseball and softball and was an expert diver, roller - skater, and bowler. AAU champion Didrikson 's first job after high school was as a secretary for the Employers ' Casualty Insurance Company of Dallas, though she was employed only in order to play basketball as an amateur on the company 's `` industrial team '', the Golden Cyclones. As a side note, the competition was then governed by the Amateur Athletic Union ( AAU ). Despite leading the team to an AAU Basketball Championship in 1931, Didrikson had first achieved wider attention as a track and field athlete. Representing her company in the 1932 AAU Championships, she competed in eight out of ten events, winning five outright, and tying for first in a sixth. Didrikson 's performances were enough to win the team championship, despite her being the sole member of her team. 1932 Olympics Didrikson won two gold medals and one silver medal for track and field in the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics. In the 80 - meter hurdles, she equaled the world record of 11.8 seconds in her opening heat. In the final, she broke her record with an 11.7 clocking, taking gold. In the javelin, she also won gold with an Olympic record throw of 43.69 meters. In the high jump, she took silver with a world record - tying leap of 1.657 metres ( 5.44 ft ). Fellow American Jean Shiley also jumped 1.657 metres, and the pair tied in a jump - off when the bar was raised to 1.67 metres ( 5.5 ft ). Shiley was awarded the gold after Didrikson was ruled to have used an improper technique. Post-olympics In the following years, she performed on the vaudeville circuit, traveled with teams like Babe Didrikson 's All - Americans basketball team and the bearded House of David ( commune ) team. Didrikson was also a competitive pocket billiards ( pool ) player, though not a champion. She was noted in the January 1933 press for playing ( and badly losing ) a multi-day straight pool match in New York City against famed female cueist Ruth McGinnis. Golf Lloyd Gullickson, Glenna Collett - Vare, Babe Ruth, and Zaharias in a charity golf event for All Children 's Hospital, 1934. George and Babe Zaharias ca. 1955 By 1935, Didrikson began to play golf, a latecomer to the sport in which she became best known. Shortly thereafter, she was denied amateur status, and so, in January 1938, she competed in the Los Angeles Open, a men 's PGA ( Professional Golfers ' Association ) tournament. No other woman competed against men in this tournament until Annika Sörenstam, Suzy Whaley and Michelle Wie almost six decades later. She shot 81 and 84, and missed the cut. In the tournament, she was teamed with George Zaharias. They were married eleven months later, and settled in Tampa, Florida, on the premises of a golf course that they purchased in 1951. Didrikson became America 's first female golf celebrity and the leading player of the 1940s and early 1950s. In order to regain amateur status in the sport, she could compete in no other sports for three years. After gaining back her amateur status in 1942, she won the 1946 U.S. Women 's Amateur and the 1947 British Ladies Amateur -- the first American to do so -- and three Women 's Western Opens. Having formally turned professional in 1947, Didrikson dominated the Women 's Professional Golf Association and later the Ladies Professional Golf Association, of which she was a founding member. Serious illness ended her career in the mid-1950s. Zaharias won a tournament named after her, the Babe Zaharias Open of her hometown of Beaumont, Texas. She won the 1947 Titleholders Championship and the 1948 U.S. Women 's Open for her fourth and fifth major championships. She won 17 straight women 's amateur victories, a feat never equaled by anyone. By 1950, she had won every golf title available. Totaling both her amateur and professional victories, Zaharias won a total of 82 golf tournaments. Charles McGrath of The New York Times wrote of Zaharias, `` Except perhaps for Arnold Palmer, no golfer has ever been more beloved by the gallery. '' Golfing awards While Zaharias missed the cut in the 1938 PGA Tour event, later, as she became more experienced, she made the cut in every PGA Tour event she entered. In January 1945, Zaharias played in three PGA tournaments. She shot 76 -- 76 to qualify for the Los Angeles Open. She then shot 76 -- 81 to make the two - day cut in the tournament itself, but missed the three - day cut after a 79, making her the first ( and currently only ) woman in history to make the cut in a regular PGA Tour event. She continued her cut streak at the Phoenix Open, where she shot 77 -- 72 -- 75 -- 80, finishing in 33rd place. At the Tucson Open, she qualified by shooting 74 -- 81 and then shot a 307 in the tournament and finished tied for 42nd. Unlike other female golfers competing in men 's events, she got into the Los Angeles and Tucson Opens through 36 - hole qualifiers, as opposed to a sponsor 's exemption. In 1948, she became the first woman to attempt to qualify for the U.S. Open, but her application was rejected by the USGA. They stated that the event was intended to be open to men only. Baseball On March 20, 1934, Didrikson pitched one inning in a major league baseball spring training exhibition game for the Philadelphia Athletics against the Brooklyn Dodgers. She gave up a walk and no hits. Two days later, on March 22, 1934, Didrikson pitched the first inning of a major league baseball exhibition game for the St. Louis Cardinals against the Boston Red Sox. It was reported that `` Under tutelage of Burleigh Grimes, Dizzy Dean and others she has learned to stand on the rubber, wind up like a big leaguer and throw a rather fair curve. '' The Red Sox scored three runs against Didrikson in the inning before she got Boston third baseman Bucky Walters to fly out to future Hall of Famer Joe Medwick in left field to end the inning. Didrikson was relieved at the start of the second inning by Cardinal pitcher Bill Hallahan. 400 fans were in attendance. Three days later, on March 25, 1934, she played for the New Orleans Pelicans against the Cleveland Indians, pitching two scoreless innings and lining out in her only plate appearance. Didrikson is still recognized as the world record holder for the farthest baseball throw by a woman. Last years and death Zaharias had her greatest year in 1950 when she completed the Grand Slam of the three women 's majors of the day : the U.S. Open, the Titleholders Championship, and the Women 's Western Open, a feat that made her the leader on the money list that year. Also that year, she reached 10 wins faster than any other LPGA golfer, doing so in one year and 20 days, a record that still stands. She was the leading money - winner again in 1951, and in 1952 took another major with a Titleholders victory, but illness prevented her from playing a full schedule in 1952 -- 53. This did not stop her from becoming the fastest player to reach 20 wins ( two years and four months ). She was a close friend of fellow golfer Betty Dodd. According to Susan Cayleff 's biography Babe, Dodd was quoted as saying, `` I had such admiration for this fabulous person ( Zaharias ). I loved her. I would have done anything for her. '' They met in a 1950 amateur golf tournament in Miami and became close almost immediately. Cayleff wrote, `` As Didrikson 's marriage grew increasingly troubled, she spent more time with Dodd. The women toured together on the golf circuit, and eventually Dodd moved in with Zaharias and Didrikson for the last six years of Didrikson 's life. They never used the word `` lesbian '' to describe their relationship, but there is little doubt that their relationship was both sexual and romantic. In 1953 Zaharias was diagnosed with colon cancer. After undergoing surgery, she made a comeback in 1954. She took the Vare Trophy for lowest scoring average, her only win of that trophy, and her 10th and final major with a U.S. Women 's Open championship, one month after the surgery and while wearing a colostomy bag. With this win, she became the second - oldest woman to win a major LPGA championship tournament ( behind Fay Crocker ). Babe Zaharias now stands third to Crocker and Sherri Steinhauer. These wins made her the fastest player to reach 30 wins ( five years and 22 days ). In addition to continuing tournament play, Zaharias also served as the president of the LPGA from August 1952 to July 1955. Her colon cancer recurred in 1955. Despite her limited schedule of eight golfing events that season, Zaharias won her last two tournaments in competitive golf. On September 27, 1956, Zaharias died of her illness at the age of forty - five at the John Sealy Hospital in Galveston, Texas. At the time of her death, she was still a top - ranked female golfer. She and her husband had earlier established the Babe Zaharias Fund to support cancer clinics. She is buried at Forest Lawn Cemetery in her hometown of Beaumont, Texas. During her final years, Didrikson became known not only for her athletic abilities but as a public advocate for cancer awareness, at a time when many Americans refused to seek diagnosis or treatment for suspected cancer. She used her fame to raise funds for her cancer fund but also as a spokesperson for the American Cancer Society. Her work in this arena was honored by US President Dwight Eisenhower on a visit to the White House. Legacy She was named the 10th Greatest North American Athlete of the 20th Century by ESPN, and the 9th Greatest Athlete of the 20th Century by the Associated Press. The Babe Didrikson Zaharias Museum in Beaumont is also one of the city 's welcoming centers. Zaharias broke the accepted models of femininity in her time, including the accepted models of female athleticism. Standing 5 ft 7 in ( 1.70 m ) tall and weighing 115 lb ( 52 kg ), Zaharias was physically strong and socially straightforward about her strength. Although a sports hero to many, she was also derided for her `` manliness ''. Zaharias was inducted into the Hall of Fame of Women 's Golf in 1951. In 1957, she posthumously received the Bob Jones Award, the highest honor given by the United States Golf Association in recognition of distinguished sportsmanship in golf. It was accepted by her husband George, four months after her death. She was one of six initial inductees into the LPGA Hall of Fame at its inception in 1977. Zaharias has a museum dedicated to her in Beaumont, Texas, the Babe Didrikson Zaharias Museum. Several golf courses are named after her. A Tampa, Florida golf course that she and her husband owned, the Babe Zaharias Golf Course, was given landmark status. In 1981, the U.S. Postal Service issued an 18 cent stamp commemorating Zaharias. Contemporary impressions It would be much better if she and her ilk stayed at home, got themselves prettied up and waited for the phone to ring. -- sportswriter Joe Williams, New York World - Telegram Williams ' remark typified the attitude of some toward women who did not fit the traditional ideals of femininity current in the first half of the 20th century. However, in the same time period, the Associated Press chose her as the `` Female Athlete of the Year '' six times for track & field and for golfing, and, in 1950, overwhelmingly voted for her as the `` Greatest Female Athlete of the First Half of the Century ''. Aside from her impact on the women and girls of her time, she impressed seasoned sportswriters also : She is beyond all belief until you see her perform... Then you finally understand that you are looking at the most flawless section of muscle harmony, of complete mental and physical coordination, the world of sport has ever seen. -- sportswriter Grantland Rice, quoted by ESPN Modern - day The Associated Press followed up its 1950 declaration fifty years later by voting Zaharias the Woman Athlete of the 20th Century in 1999. In 2000, Sports Illustrated magazine also named her second on its list of the Greatest Female Athletes of All Time, behind the heptathlete Jackie Joyner - Kersee. She is also in the World Golf Hall of Fame. Zaharias is the highest ranked woman, at # 10, on ESPN 's list of the 50 top athletes of the 20th century. In 2000, she was ranked as the 17th greatest golfer, and the second - greatest woman player ( after Mickey Wright ) by Golf Digest magazine. She broke the mold of what a lady golfer was supposed to be. The ideal in the 20s and 30s was Joyce Wethered, a willowy Englishwoman with a picture - book swing that produced elegant shots but not especially long ones. Zaharias developed a grooved athletic swing reminiscent of Lee Trevino 's, and she was so strong off the tee that a fellow Texan, the great golfer Byron Nelson, once said that he knew of only eight men who could outdrive her. `` It 's not enough just to swing at the ball, '' Babe said. `` You 've got to loosen your girdle and really let the ball have it. '' -- journalist Charles McGrath, New York Times Zaharias penned an autobiography This Life I 've Led. It is no longer in print but is available in many libraries. In 1975, the film Babe, based on Zaharias ' life, was released, with Susan Clark playing the lead role ( for which Clark would win an Emmy Award ). Alex Karras played George Zaharias. Clark and Karras met while making the picture and later married. In 2014, Zaharias was inducted into the Legacy Walk, an outdoor public display that celebrates LGBT history and people. She was Inducted into the Texas Track and Field Coaches Hall of Fame, Class of 2016. Babe Zaharias golf course In 1949, Zaharias purchased a golf course in the Forest Hills area of Tampa and lived nearby. After her death, the golf course was sold. It lay dormant as developers attempted to acquire the land for residential housing. In 1974, the City of Tampa took over the golf course, renovated it, and reopened it, naming it the Babe Zaharias Golf Course. At some point afterward, it was accorded historical - landmark status. California course In 1980, the Industry Hills Golf Club at Pacific Palms Resort in City of Industry, California built two courses, The Ike and The Zaharias. The courses were designed by William F. Bell ( original design ) and Casey O'Callaghan ( renovation ). In 2010, the courses together won the National Golf Course Owners Association 's California Golf Course of the Year Award. This 18 - hole course is named for Babe Didrikson Zaharias, one of America ' s most decorated all - around athletes... This par 71 features slope ratings ranging from 126 to 138, making the course worthy of the great athlete for which it is named. -- Industry Hills Golf Club at Pacific Palms Resort Website In the media Zaharias appeared as a guest on the ABC reality show, The Comeback Story ( 1953 -- 1954 ), explaining her attempts to battle colon cancer, which thereafter still claimed her life. In 1952, she appeared in the Spencer Tracy - Katharine Hepburn film Pat and Mike. In 1975, Susan Clark portrayed Zaharias in a biographic TV movie entitled `` Babe ''. In 2007, Carolyn Gage began work on Babe, a full - chorus, full - orchestra musical about Zaharias. In June 2011, Little, Brown published a major biography of Zaharias, Wonder Girl, by author Don Van Natta, Jr. In an episode of Arthur titled `` World Girls, '' Francine buys a doll of Zaharias. Family Guy has made numerous references to Babe Zaharias being one of the greatest Americans to have lived. In season 21 of The Simpsons, Marge dresses up as Zaharias for her Charity Chicks calendar with a history theme. Marge also refers to her as the female Tiger Woods of the 20th century. On August 26, 2014, her story was portrayed in a `` Sport Heroes '' episode of the Comedy Central series Drunk History ; Didrikson Zaharias was played by Emily Deschanel. Amateur wins Note : This list is incomplete. 1935 Texas Women 's Amateur 1946 U.S. Women 's Amateur, Women 's Trans - Mississippi Amateur 1947 North and South Women 's Amateur, British Ladies Amateur Professional wins LPGA Tour wins ( 41 ) 1940 ( 1 ) Women 's Western Open ( as an amateur ) 1944 ( 1 ) Women 's Western Open ( as an amateur ) 1945 ( 1 ) Women 's Western Open ( as an amateur ) 1947 ( 2 ) Tampa Open, Titleholders Championship ( as an amateur ) 1948 ( 3 ) All American Open, World Championship, U.S. Women 's Open 1949 ( 2 ) World Championship, Eastern Open 1950 ( 8 ) Titleholders Championship, Pebble Beach Weathervane, Cleveland Weathervane, 144 Hole Weathervane, Women 's Western Open, All American Open, World Championship, U.S. Women 's Open 1951 ( 9 ) Ponte Verde Beach Women 's Open, Tampa Women 's Open, Lakewood Weathervane, Richmond Women 's Open, Valley Open, Meridian Hills Weathervane, All American Open, World Championship, Women 's Texas Open 1952 ( 5 ) Miami Weathervane, Titleholders Championship, Bakersfield Open ( tied with Marlene Hagge, Betty Jameson and Betsy Rawls ), Fresno Open, Women 's Texas Open 1953 ( 2 ) Sarasota Open, Babe Zaharias Open 1954 ( 5 ) Serbin Open, Sarasota Open, Damon Runyon Cancer Fund Tournament, U.S. Women 's Open, All American Open 1955 ( 2 ) Tampa Open, Peach Blossom Open LPGA Majors are shown in bold. Other wins 1940 Women 's Texas Open 1945 Women 's Texas Open 1946 All American Open, Women 's Texas Open 1947 Hardscrabble Open 1951 Orlando Florida 2 - Ball ( with George Bolesta ) 1952 Orlando Mixed ( with Al Besselink ) Major championships Wins ( 10 ) Year Championship Winning score Margin Runner - up 1940 Women 's Western Open 5 & 4 Mrs. Russell Mann 1944 Women 's Western Open 7 & 5 Dorothy Germain ( a ) 1945 Women 's Western Open 4 & 2 Dorothy Germain ( a ) 1947 Titleholders Championship + 4 ( 78 -- 81 -- 71 -- 74 = 304 ) 5 strokes Dorothy Kirby ( a ) 1948 U.S. Women 's Open E ( 75 -- 72 -- 75 -- 78 = 300 ) 8 strokes Betty Hicks 1950 Titleholders Championship + 10 ( 72 -- 78 -- 73 -- 75 = 298 ) 8 strokes Claire Doran ( a ) 1950 Women 's Western Open 5 & 3 Peggy Kirk 1950 U.S. Women 's Open − 9 ( 75 -- 76 -- 70 -- 70 = 291 ) 9 strokes Betsy Rawls ( a ) 1952 Titleholders Championship + 11 ( 74 -- 73 -- 73 -- 79 = 299 ) 7 strokes Betsy Rawls 1954 U.S. Women 's Open + 3 ( 72 -- 71 -- 73 -- 75 = 291 ) 12 strokes Betty Hicks See also List of golfers with most LPGA Tour wins List of golfers with most LPGA major championship wins Female golfers who have competed in men 's PGA tournaments : Annika Sorenstam Suzy Whaley Michelle Wie References ^ Jump up to : Babe Didrikson. sports-reference.com Jump up ^ Mildred Didrikson. trackfield.brinkster.net ^ Jump up to : Gianoulis, Tina. `` Didrikson, Mildred `` Babe '' ( 1911 -- 1956 ) '' ( PDF ). glbtq Archives. 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Retrieved April 22, 2007. Jump up ^ Niebuhr, Kieth ( June 26, 2007 ). `` Book to be focus on legend Zaharias ' life, achievements ''. Tampa Bay Times. Archived from the original on January 18, 2008. Retrieved October 13, 2007. Bibliography Cayleff, Susan E. ( 1996 ). Babe : The Life and Legend of Babe Didrikson Zaharias. University of Illinois Press. ISBN 978 - 0 - 252 - 06593 - 4. Klawans, Harold L. ( 1996 ). ' Why Michael Could n't Hit and Other Tales of the Neurology of Sports. W.H. Freeman & Company. ISBN 978 - 0 - 7167 - 3001 - 9. Van Natta Jr., Don ( 2011 ). Wonder Girl : The Magnificent Sporting Life of Babe Didrikson Zaharias. Little, Brown and Company. ISBN 978 - 0 - 316 - 05699 - 1. Zaharias, Babe Didrikson ( 1955 ). This Life I 've Led : My Autobiography. New York A.S Barns & Co. ASIN B0018EAHXW. External links Wikimedia Commons has media related to Babe Didrikson Zaharias. Babe, a 1975 TV movie biography, at The Internet Movie Database Babe Didrikson Zaharias Photos held by the Library of Congress. Babe Didrikson Zaharias at the LPGA Tour official site Babe Didrikson Zaharias biography at Golf.about.com `` Babe Didrikson Zaharias 's Legacy Fades, '' The New York Times, June 25, 2011 Babe Didrikson Zaharias -- Note : Although this is the official site of the Babe Didrikson Zaharias Foundation, this site once contained a number of notable factual errors that have since been corrected. For example, it stated that she won all of the events she entered at the 1932 Olympic games when in fact she won two of the three. It stated that she graduated from high school ; she did not. And it stated that she did not smoke, which is also not true. Michals, Debra. `` Mildred Ella ' Babe ' Didrikson Zaharias ''. National Women 's History Museum. 2015. Babe Zaharias in the Olympic Games Olympic champions in women 's sprint hurdles 80 m hurdles 1932 Babe Didrikson ( USA ) 1936 Ondina Valla ( ITA ) 1948 Fanny Blankers - Koen ( NED ) 1952 Shirley Strickland de la Hunty ( AUS ) 1956 Shirley Strickland de la Hunty ( AUS ) 1960 Irina Press ( URS ) 1964 Karin Balzer ( EUA ) 1968 Maureen Caird ( AUS ) 100 m hurdles 1972 Annelie Ehrhardt ( GDR ) 1976 Johanna Schaller ( GDR ) 1980 Vera Komisova ( URS ) 1984 Benita Fitzgerald - Brown ( USA ) 1988 Yordanka Donkova ( BUL ) 1992 Voula Patoulidou ( GRE ) 1996 Ludmila Engquist ( SWE ) 2000 Olga Shishigina ( KAZ ) 2004 Joanna Hayes ( USA ) 2008 Dawn Harper ( USA ) 2012 Sally Pearson ( AUS ) 2016 Brianna Rollins ( USA ) Olympic champions in women 's javelin throw 1932 Babe Didrikson ( USA ) 1936 Tilly Fleischer ( GER ) 1948 Herma Bauma ( AUT ) 1952 Dana Zátopková ( TCH ) 1956 Inese Jaunzeme ( URS ) 1960 Elvīra Ozoliņa ( URS ) 1964 Mihaela Peneș ( ROU ) 1968 Angéla Németh ( HUN ) 1972 Ruth Fuchs ( GDR ) 1976 Ruth Fuchs ( GDR ) 1980 María Caridad Colón ( CUB ) 1984 Tessa Sanderson ( GBR ) 1988 Petra Felke ( GDR ) 1992 Silke Renk ( GER ) 1996 Heli Rantanen ( FIN ) 2000 Trine Hattestad ( NOR ) 2004 Osleidys Menéndez ( CUB ) 2008 Barbora Špotáková ( CZE ) 2012 Barbora Špotáková ( CZE ) 2016 Sara Kolak ( CRO ) US National Championship winners in women 's high jump 1923 -- 1979 Amateur Athletic Union 1923 : Catherine Wright 1924 : Not held 1925 : Elizabeth Stine 1926 -- 27 : Catherine McGuire 1928 : Mildred Wiley 1929 -- 31 : Jean Shiley 1932 : Jean Shiley & Babe Didrikson 1933 : Alice Arden 1934 : Not held 1935 : Barbara Howe 1936 : Annette Rogers 1937 -- 38 : Margaret Bergmann 1939 -- 48 : Alice Coachman 1949 : Gertrude Orr 1950 : Dorothy Chisholm 1951 -- 52 : Marion Boos 1953 : Mildred McDaniel 1954 : Jeanette Cantrell 1955 -- 56 : Mildred McDaniel 1957 : Verneda Thomas & Hazel Ulmer 1958 : Rose Robinson & Barbara Brown 1959 -- 61 : Lis Josefson 1962 : Kinuko Tsutsumi ( JPN ) 1963 -- 67 : Eleanor Montgomery 1968 : Theresa Thresher 1969 : Eleanor Montgomery 1970 : Sally Plihal 1971 : Linda Iddings 1972 : Audrey Reid 1973 : DeAnne Wilson 1974 -- 77 : Joni Huntley 1978 : Louise Ritter 1979 : Debbie Brill ( CAN ) 1980 -- 1992 The Athletics Congress 1980 : Coleen Sommer 1981 : Pam Spencer 1982 : Debbie Brill ( CAN ) 1983 : Louise Ritter 1984 : Pam Spencer 1985 -- 86 : Louise Ritter 1987 : Coleen Sommer 1988 -- 89 : Jan Wohlschlag 1990 -- 91 : Yolanda Henry 1992 : Tanya Hughes 1993 -- present USA Track & Field 1993 : Tanya Hughes 1994 : Angie Bradburn 1995 : Amy Acuff 1996 : Tisha Waller 1997 : Amy Acuff 1998 -- 99 : Tisha Waller 2000 : Karol Damon 2001 : Amy Acuff 2002 : Tisha Waller 2003 : Amy Acuff 2004 : Tisha Waller 2005 : Amy Acuff 2006 : Chaunté Howard 2007 : Amy Acuff 2008 -- 09 : Chaunté Howard 2010 : Chaunté Lowe 2011 : Brigetta Barrett 2012 : Chaunté Lowe 2013 : Brigetta Barrett 2014 -- 16 : Chaunté Lowe 2017 : Vashti Cunningham Notes OT : Since 1992, championships incorporated the Olympic Trials in Olympic years, otherwise held as a discrete event. US National Championship winners in women 's long jump 1923 -- 1979 Amateur Athletic Union 1923 : Helen Dinnehey 1924 : Dorothy Walsh 1925 : Helen Filkey 1926 : Nellie Todd 1927 : Eleanor Egg 1928 : Elta Cartwright 1929 : Nellie Todd 1930 : Stella Walsh 1931 : Babe Didrikson 1932 : Nellie Todd 1933 : Genevieve Valvoda 1934 : Not held 1935 : Etta Tate 1936 : Mable Smith 1937 -- 8 : Lula Hymes 1939 : Stella Walsh ( POL ) * Lula Mae Hymes 1940 -- 41 : Stella Walsh ( POL ) * Lucy Newell 1942 -- 45 : Stella Walsh ( POL ) * Rowena Harrison 1946 : Stella Walsh ( POL ) * Lillian Young 1947 : Lillie Purifoy 1948 : Stella Walsh ( POL ) * Lillian Young 1949 -- 50 : Mabel Landry 1951 : Stella Walsh ( POL ) * Nancy Phillips 1952 -- 3 : Mabel Landry 1954 -- 5 : Nancy Phillips 1956 -- 9 : Margaret Mathews 1960 -- 2 : Willye White 1963 : Edith McGuire 1964 -- 6 : Willye White 1967 : Pat Connolly 1968 -- 70 : Willye White 1971 : Kim Attlesey 1972 : Willye White 1973 -- 75 : Martha Watson 1976 : Kathy McMillan 1977 -- 8 : Jodi Anderson 1979 : Kathy McMillan 1980 -- 1992 The Athletics Congress 1980 -- 1 : Jodi Anderson 1982 -- 3 : Carol Lewis 1984 : Shonel Ferguson ( BAH ) 1985 -- 6 : Carol Lewis 1987 : Jackie Joyner - Kersee 1988 : Sheila Echols 1989 : Claire Connor 1990 -- 2 : Jackie Joyner - Kersee 1993 -- present USA Track & Field 1993 -- 6 : Jackie Joyner - Kersee 1997 -- 8 : Marion Jones 1999 : Dawn Burrell 2000 : Marion Jones 2001 : Jenny Adams 2002 : Brianna Glenn 2003 : Grace Upshaw 2004 : Marion Jones 2005 : Grace Upshaw 2006 : Rose Richmond 2007 : Grace Upshaw 2008 -- 12 : Brittney Reese 2013 : Janay DeLoach Soukup 2014 : Brittney Reese 2015 : Tianna Bartoletta 2016 : Brittney Reese 2017 : Tianna Bartoletta Notes OT : Since 1992, championships incorporated the Olympic Trials in Olympic years, otherwise held as a discrete event. US National Championship winners in women 's javelin throw 1923 -- 1979 Amateur Athletic Union 1923 : Roberta Ranck 1924 : Esther Spargo 1925 : Aloa Silva 1926 : Lillian Copeland 1927 -- 8 : Margaret Jenkins 1929 : Estelle Hill 1930 : Babe Didrikson Zaharias 1931 : Lillian Copeland 1932 : Babe Didrikson Zaharias 1933 : Nan Gindele 1934 : Not held 1935 : Sylvia Broman 1936 : Martha Worst 1937 -- 8 : Rose Auerbach 1939 -- 49 : Dorothy Dodson 1950 : Amelia Wood 1951 : Frances Licata 1952 : Marjorie Larney 1953 : Amelia Wood 1954 -- 6 : Karen Anderson 1957 -- 60 : Marjorie Larney 1961 : Frances Davenport 1962 : Karen Mendyka 1963 : Frances Davenport 1964 -- 7 : RaNae Bair 1968 : Barbara Friedrich 1969 : Kate Schmidt 1970 -- 2 : Sherry Calvert 1973 -- 7 : Kate Schmidt 1978 : Sherry Calvert 1979 : Kate Schmidt 1980 -- 1992 The Athletics Congress 1980 -- 1 : Karin Smith 1982 : Lynda Hughes 1983 -- 4 : Karin Smith 1985 : Cathy Sulinski 1986 : Helena Uusitalo ( FIN ) * Donna Mayhew 1987 : Karin Smith 1988 : Donna Mayhew 1989 : Laverne Eve ( BAH ) * Donna Mayhew 1990 -- 1 : Karin Smith 1992 : Donna Mayhew 1993 -- onwards USA Track & Field 1993 -- 5 : Donna Mayhew 1996 : Nicole Carroll 1997 : Lynda Lipson 1998 : Nicole Carroll 1999 -- 2000 : Lynda Blutreich 2001 : Kim Kreiner 2002 : Serene Ross 2003 : Erica Wheeler 2004 -- 6 : Kim Kreiner 2007 : Dana Pounds 2008 -- 11 : Kara Patterson 2012 -- 3 : Brittany Borman 2014 -- 5 : Kara Winger 2016 : Maggie Malone 2017 : Kara Winger Olympic Trials The 1920, 1928 and 1932 championships, and championships in Olympic years since 1992 have incorporated the Olympic Trials, otherwise held separately. US National Championship winners in women 's 100 - meter hurdles 1923 -- 1979 Amateur Athletic Union 1923 -- 4 : Hazel Kirk 1925 -- 9 : Helen Filkey 1930 : Evelyne Hall 1931 -- 2 : Babe Didrikson 1933 : Simone Schaller 1934 : Not held 1935 : Jean Hiller 1936 : Anne O'Brien 1937 : Cora Gaines 1938 -- 9 : Marie Cortell 1940 : Sybil Cooper 1941 : Lelia Perry 1942 : Lillie Purifoy 1943 : Nancy Cowperthwaite 1944 -- 5 : Lillie Purifoy 1946 -- 7 : Nancy Cowperthwaite 1948 -- 9 : Bernice Robinson 1950 : Evelyn Lawler 1951 : Nancy C. Phillips 1952 : Constance Darnowski 1953 : Nancy Phillips 1954 : Constance Darnowski 1955 Bertha Diaz ( CUB ) * Barbara Mueller 1956 Bertha Diaz ( CUB ) * Shirley Eckel 1957 : Shirley Crowder 1958 : Not held 1959 : Shirley Crowder 1960 : JoAnn Grissom 1961 -- 2 : Cherrie Parrish 1963 -- 4 : Rosie Bonds 1965 -- 6 : Cherrie Sherrard 1967 -- 8 : Mamie Rallins 1969 : Chi Cheng ( TPE ) * Mamie Rallins 1970 : Mamie Rallins 1971 : Patty Johnson 1972 : Mamie Rallins 1973 -- 4 : Patty Johnson 1975 -- 6 : Jane Frederick 1977 : Patty Van Wolvelaere 1978 -- 9 : Deby LaPlante 1980 -- 1992 The Athletics Congress 1980 -- 2 : Stephanie Hightower 1983 : Benita Fitzgerald 1984 : Stephanie Hightower 1985 : Rhonda Blanford 1986 : Benita Fitzgerald - Brown 1987 : LaVonna Martin 1988 : Kim McKenzie 1989 : Lynda Tolbert 1990 : LaVonna Martin 1991 -- 2 : Gail Devers 1993 -- present USA Track & Field 1993 : Lynda Tolbert 1994 : Jackie Joyner - Kersee 1995 -- 6 : Gail Devers 1997 : Melissa Morrison 1998 : Cheryl Dickey 1999 -- 2004 : Gail Devers 2005 : Michelle Perry 2006 -- 7 : Virginia Powell 2008 : Lolo Jones 2009 : Dawn Harper 2010 : Lolo Jones 2011 : Kellie Wells 2012 : Dawn Harper 2013 : Brianna Rollins 2014 -- 5 : Dawn Harper Nelson 2016 : Brianna Rollins 2017 : Kendra Harrison Notes OT : 1932, and since 1992, championships incorporated the Olympic Trials in Olympic years, otherwise held as a discrete event. Distance : The event was over 60 yards until 1928, 80 meters 1929 - 1968 1932 USA Olympic Track & Field Team Qualification 1932 United States Olympic Trials ( track and field ) Men 's track & road athletes Edgar Ablowich ( r ) Percy Beard Bill Carr Bill Chisholm Ernest Crosbie Frank Crowley Glenn Cunningham Glen Dawson Dan Dean Hector Dyer ( r ) Ben Eastman Ivan Fuqua ( r ) Eddie Genung James Gordon Lou Gregory Norwood Hallowell Glenn Hardin Joe Healey James Henigan Ralph Hill Harry Hinkel Chuck Hornbostel Jack Keller Bob Kiesel ( r ) Joe McCluskey Ralph Metcalfe Albert Michelsen Hans Oldag Tom Ottey Eino Pentti Walter Pritchard Paul Rekers George Saling George Simpson Morgan Taylor Eddie Tolan Emmett Toppino ( r ) Edwin Turner Karl Warner ( r ) Frank Wykoff ( r ) Men 's field athletes John Anderson Dick Barber Lee Bartlett Jim Bausch Sidney Bowman Wilson Charles Ken Churchill Clyde Coffman Frank Connor Sol Furth Ed Gordon Bill Graber Nelson Gray George Jefferson Paul Jessup Cornelius Johnson Henri LaBorde Grant MacDougall Malcolm Metcalf Bill Miller Lambert Redd Rolland Romero Harlow Rothert Leo Sexton George Spitz Bob Van Osdel Pete Zaremba Women 's track athletes Mary Carew ( r ) Babe Didrikson Evelyn Furtsch ( r ) Evelyne Hall Ethel Harrington Annette Rogers ( r ) Simone Schaller Wilhelmina von Bremen Elizabeth Wilde Women 's field athletes Lillian Copeland Babe Didrikson Nan Gindele Margaret Jenkins Ruth Osburn Annette Rogers Gloria Russell Jean Shiley Non-competing relay pool members Arnold Adams Tidye Pickett Louise Stokes Coaches Lawson Robertson ( men 's head coach ) Eddie Farrell ( men 's assistant coach ) Harry Hillman ( men 's assistant coach ) Jack Magee ( men 's assistant coach ) George Vreeland ( women 's coach ) Babe Zaharias in the major championships U.S. Women 's Open champions 1946 Patty Berg ∞ 1947 Betty Jameson 1948 Babe Zaharias 1949 Louise Suggs 1950 Babe Zaharias 1951 Betsy Rawls 1952 Louise Suggs 1953 Betsy Rawls † 1954 Babe Zaharias ‡ 1955 Fay Crocker ‡ 1956 Kathy Cornelius † 1957 Betsy Rawls 1958 Mickey Wright ‡ 1959 Mickey Wright 1960 Betsy Rawls 1961 Mickey Wright 1962 Murle Lindstrom 1963 Mary Mills ‡ 1964 Mickey Wright † 1965 Carol Mann 1966 Sandra Spuzich 1967 Catherine LaCoste ‡ # 1968 Susie Berning ‡ 1969 Donna Caponi 1970 Donna Caponi ‡ 1971 JoAnne Carner ‡ 1972 Susie Berning 1973 Susie Berning 1974 Sandra Haynie 1975 Sandra Palmer 1976 JoAnne Carner † 1977 Hollis Stacy 1978 Hollis Stacy 1979 Jerilyn Britz 1980 Amy Alcott 1981 Pat Bradley 1982 Janet Alex 1983 Jan Stephenson 1984 Hollis Stacy 1985 Kathy Baker 1986 Jane Geddes † 1987 Laura Davies † 1988 Liselotte Neumann 1989 Betsy King 1990 Betsy King 1991 Meg Mallon 1992 Patty Sheehan † 1993 Lauri Merten 1994 Patty Sheehan 1995 Annika Sörenstam 1996 Annika Sörenstam 1997 Alison Nicholas 1998 Pak Se - ri † 1999 Juli Inkster 2000 Karrie Webb 2001 Karrie Webb 2002 Juli Inkster 2003 Hilary Lunke † 2004 Meg Mallon 2005 Birdie Kim 2006 Annika Sörenstam † 2007 Cristie Kerr 2008 Inbee Park 2009 Ji Eun - hee 2010 Paula Creamer 2011 Ryu So - yeon † 2012 Choi Na - yeon 2013 Inbee Park 2014 Michelle Wie 2015 Chun In - gee 2016 Brittany Lang † 2017 Park Sung - hyun 2018 Ariya Jutanugarn † event won in a playoff ; ‡ winner held lead wire - to - wire ; # event won by an amateur ; ∞ event won in match - play Titleholders Championship champions 1937 Patty Berg 1938 Patty Berg 1939 Patty Berg 1940 Helen Hicks 1941 Dorothy Kirby 1942 Dorothy Kirby 1943 - 45 No Tournament 1946 Louise Suggs 1947 Babe Zaharias 1948 Patty Berg 1949 Peggy Kirk # 1950 Babe Zaharias 1951 Pat O'Sullivan # 1952 Babe Zaharias 1953 Patty Berg 1954 Louise Suggs 1955 Patty Berg 1956 Louise Suggs 1957 Patty Berg 1958 Beverly Hanson 1959 Louise Suggs 1960 Fay Crocker 1961 Mickey Wright 1962 Mickey Wright † 1963 Marilynn Smith † 1964 Marilynn Smith 1965 Kathy Whitworth 1966 Kathy Whitworth 1967 - 71 No Tournament 1972 Sandra Palmer † indicates the event was won in a playoff ; # indicates the event was won by an amateur Women 's Western Open champions Match play era 1930 Mrs. Lee Mida 1931 June Beebe 1932 Jane Weiller 1933 June Beebe 1934 Marian McDougall 1935 Opal Hill 1936 Opal Hill 1937 Helen Hicks 1938 Bea Barrett 1939 Helen Dettweiler 1940 Babe Zaharias 1941 Patty Berg 1942 Betty Jameson 1943 Patty Berg 1944 Babe Zaharias 1945 Babe Zaharias 1946 Louise Suggs 1947 Louise Suggs 1948 Patty Berg 1949 Louise Suggs 1950 Babe Zaharias 1951 Patty Berg 1952 Betsy Rawls 1953 Louise Suggs 1954 Betty Jameson Stroke play era 1955 Patty Berg 1956 Beverly Hanson 1957 Patty Berg 1958 Patty Berg 1959 Betsy Rawls 1960 Joyce Ziske † 1961 Mary Lena Faulk 1962 Mickey Wright † 1963 Mickey Wright 1964 Carol Mann 1965 Susie Maxwell 1966 Mickey Wright 1967 Kathy Whitworth † indicates the event was won in a playoff IAAF Hall of Fame Jesse Owens Abebe Bikila Paavo Nurmi Sergey Bubka Sebastian Coe Carl Lewis Emil Zátopek Al Oerter Adhemar da Silva Edwin Moses Fanny Blankers - Koen Betty Cuthbert Jackie Joyner - Kersee Wang Junxia Irena Szewińska Michael Johnson Dan O'Brien Babe Zaharias Alberto Juantorena Kip Keino Peter Snell Vladimir Golubnichiy Iolanda Balaș Stefka Kostadinova Harrison Dillard Marjorie Jackson Hannes Kolehmainen Natalya Lisovskaya Svetlana Masterkova Noureddine Morceli Parry O'Brien Marie - José Pérec Viktor Saneyev Yuriy Sedykh Daley Thompson Grete Waitz Valeriy Brumel Glenn Davis Heike Drechsler Hicham El Guerrouj Marita Koch Robert Korzeniowski Jānis Lūsis Bob Mathias Wilma Rudolph Shirley Strickland de la Hunty Lasse Virén Cornelius Warmerdam New entry May 17, 2012 June 6, 2012 June 11, 2012 July 2, 2012 August 4, 2012 September 15, 2012 October 13, 2012 November 16, 2013 November 21, 2014 Colorado Women 's Hall of Fame 1980 -- 1989 1985 Archuleta, Lena Lena Archuleta Bird, Isabella Isabella Bird Bonfils, Helen Helen Bonfils Brown, Molly Molly Brown Chipeta Chase, Mary Coyle Mary Coyle Chase Eisenhower, Mamie Mamie Eisenhower Ford, Justina Justina Ford Griffith, Emily Emily Griffith Jackson, Helen Hunt Helen Hunt Jackson Lamm, Dottie Dottie Lamm Maxwell, Martha Martha Maxwell Meir, Golda Golda Meir Owl Woman Rippon, Mary Mary Rippon Sabin, Florence Florence Sabin Schmoll, Hazel Hazel Schmoll Schroeder, Pat Pat Schroeder Stanton, May Bonfils May Bonfils Stanton Steinbeck, Anne Anne Steinbeck Stockton, Ruth Ruth Stockton Tabor, Baby Doe Baby Doe Tabor Wormington - Volk, Marie Marie Wormington - Volk Yancey, Jean Jean Yancey 1986 Brico, Antonia Antonia Brico Peterson, Helen White Helen White Peterson Roche, Josephine Josephine Roche Smith, Eudochia Bell Eudochia Bell Smith Goldberg, Miriam Miriam Goldberg Jacobs, Frances Wisebart Frances Wisebart Jacobs Lathrop, Mary Florence Mary Florence Lathrop Walker, Lenore E. Lenore E. Walker 1988 Churchill, Caroline Caroline Churchill Crain, Oleta Oleta Crain Orullian, LaRae LaRae Orullian Stone, Elizabeth Hickok Robbins Elizabeth Hickok Robbins Stone 1989 Brown, Clara Clara Brown Fallis, Edwina Hume Edwina Hume Fallis Hennessy, Sumiko Sumiko Hennessy Robinson, Cleo Parker Cleo Parker Robinson 1990 -- 1999 1990 Bancroft, Caroline Caroline Bancroft Cantwell, Hendrika B. Hendrika B. Cantwell Platt - Decker, Sarah Sarah Platt - Decker Ries, Jane Silverstein Jane Silverstein Ries 1991 Black, Helen Marie Helen Marie Black Fiore, Genevieve Genevieve Fiore Tabor, Augusta Augusta Tabor Webb, Wilma Wilma Webb Van Derbur, Marilyn Marilyn Van Derbur Birkland, Joan Joan Birkland Boulding, Elise M. Elise M. Boulding Crawford, Dana Hudkins Dana Hudkins Crawford Curry, Margaret L. Margaret L. Curry Finkel, Terri H. Terri H. Finkel Gilfoyle, Elnora M. Elnora M. Gilfoyle Long, Mary Hauck Elitch Mary Hauck Elitch Long McConnell - Mills, Frances Frances McConnell - Mills Noel, Rachel Bassette Rachel Bassette Noel Walter, Mildred Pitts Mildred Pitts Walter 1997 Anderson, Susan Susan Anderson Archuleta, Eppie Eppie Archuleta Barry, Ceal Ceal Barry Bourdas, Juana Juana Bourdas Hunt, Swanee Swanee Hunt Muse, Reynelda Reynelda Muse Tobin, Mary Luke Mary Luke Tobin 2000 -- 2009 2000 Baca, Polly Polly Baca Burns, Joy Joy Burns Heath, Josie Josie Heath Lincoln, J. Virginia J. Virginia Lincoln Robinson, Pauline Short Pauline Short Robinson Urioste, Martha M. Martha M. Urioste Weinshienk, Zita Zita Weinshienk Alvarado, Linda Linda Alvarado 2002 Gaskill, Gudy Gudy Gaskill Joselyn, Jo Ann Cram Jo Ann Cram Joselyn Miller, Mary Mary Miller Miller, Sue Sue Miller Tanner, Gloria Gloria Tanner Warner, Emily Howell Emily Howell Warner Fraser, Virginia Virginia Fraser Anna Lee Aldred Anna Lee Aldred Boyd, Louie Croft Louie Croft Boyd Chambers, Merle Merle Chambers Gabow, Patricia Patricia Gabow LaNier, Carlotta Carlotta LaNier Perry, Antoinette Antoinette Perry Perry, Charlotte Charlotte Perry and Mansfield, Portia Portia Mansfield Taylor, Arie Parks Arie Parks Taylor 2006 Allen, Stephanie Stephanie Allen Collins, Judy Judy Collins Downs, Marion Marion Downs Estés, Clarissa Pinkola Clarissa Pinkola Estés Hirschfeld, Arlene Arlene Hirschfeld Jones, Jean Jean Jones Lorber, Fannie Fannie Lorber Solomon, Susan Susan Solomon Spencer, Caroline Caroline Spencer Spitz, Vivien Vivien Spitz 2008 Anschutz - Rodgers, Sue Sue Anschutz - Rodgers Alicia Cuarón, Alicia Alicia Alicia Cuarón Dennis, Evie Evie Dennis Dubofsky, Jean Jean Dubofsky Keating, Katherine Katherine Keating Makepeace, Mary Lou Mary Lou Makepeace Nie, Lily Lily Nie Petteys, Anna Anna Petteys Routt, Eliza Eliza Routt Woltman, Rhea Rhea Woltman Zaharias, Mildred Didrikson Mildred Didrikson Zaharias 2010 -- 2019 Albright, Madeleine Madeleine Albright Greenberg, Elinor Elinor Greenberg Guajardo, Maria Maria Guajardo Marrack, Philippa Philippa Marrack Martinez, Ramona Ramona Martinez McDaniel, Hattie Hattie McDaniel O'Brien, Susan Susan O'Brien Scott, Bartley Marie Bartley Marie Scott Taylor, Alice Bemis Alice Bemis Taylor Tietjen, Jill S. Jill S. Tietjen 2012 Anseth, Kristi S. Kristi S. Anseth Bonnema, Janet Janet Bonnema Duncan, Fannie Mae Fannie Mae Duncan Ford, Loretta C. Loretta C. Ford Gallegos, Erinea Garcia Erinea Garcia Gallegos Gilpin, Laura Laura Gilpin Grandin, Temple Temple Grandin Hsu, Ding - Wen Ding - Wen Hsu Kerwin, Mary Ann Mary Ann Kerwin Mullarkey, Mary J. Mary J. Mullarkey 2014 Julia Archibald Holmes Elizabeth Wright Ingraham Christine Arguello Lauren Young Casteel Penny Hamilton Kristina Johnson Diana Wall Joanne M. Maguire Morley Cowles Ballantine Helen Ring Robinson 2015 Anne Evans Minnie Harding Laura Ann Hershey Elizabeth Pellet 2016 Anna Jo Haynes Arlene Vigil Kramer Lydia Peña Sandra I. Rothenberg Shari Shink Judith B. Wagner Inductees to the National Women 's Hall of Fame 1970 -- 1979 1973 Jane Addams Marian Anderson Susan B. Anthony Clara Barton Mary McLeod Bethune Elizabeth Blackwell Pearl S. Buck Rachel Carson Mary Cassatt Emily Dickinson Amelia Earhart Alice Hamilton Helen Hayes Helen Keller Eleanor Roosevelt Florence Sabin Margaret Chase Smith Elizabeth Cady Stanton Helen Brooke Taussig Harriet Tubman 1976 Abigail Adams Margaret Mead Mildred `` Babe '' Didrikson Zaharias 1979 Dorothea Dix Juliette Gordon Low Alice Paul Elizabeth Bayley Seton 1980 -- 1989 1981 Margaret Sanger Sojourner Truth 1982 Carrie Chapman Catt Frances Perkins Belva Lockwood Lucretia Mott 1984 Mary `` Mother '' Harris Jones Bessie Smith 1986 Barbara McClintock Lucy Stone Harriet Beecher Stowe 1988 Gwendolyn Brooks Willa Cather Sally Ride Ida B. Wells - Barnett 1990 -- 1999 1990 Margaret Bourke - White Barbara Jordan Billie Jean King Florence B. Seibert 1991 Gertrude Belle Elion 1993 Ethel Percy Andrus Antoinette Blackwell Emily Blackwell Shirley Chisholm Jacqueline Cochran Ruth Colvin Marian Wright Edelman Alice Evans Betty Friedan Ella Grasso Martha Wright Griffiths Fannie Lou Hamer Dorothy Height Dolores Huerta Mary Jacobi Mae Jemison Mary Lyon Mary Mahoney Wilma Mankiller Constance Baker Motley Georgia O'Keeffe Annie Oakley Rosa Parks Esther Peterson Jeannette Rankin Ellen Swallow Richards Elaine Roulet Katherine Siva Saubel Gloria Steinem Helen Stephens Lillian Wald Madam C.J. Walker Faye Wattleton Rosalyn S. Yalow Gloria Yerkovich 1994 Bella Abzug Ella Baker Myra Bradwell Annie Jump Cannon Jane Cunningham Croly Catherine East Geraldine Ferraro Charlotte Perkins Gilman Grace Hopper Helen LaKelly Hunt Zora Neale Hurston Anne Hutchinson Frances Wisebart Jacobs Susette La Flesche Louise McManus Maria Mitchell Antonia Novello Linda Richards Wilma Rudolph Betty Bone Schiess Muriel Siebert Nettie Stevens Oprah Winfrey Sarah Winnemucca Fanny Wright 1995 Virginia Apgar Ann Bancroft Amelia Bloomer Mary Breckinridge Eileen Collins Elizabeth Hanford Dole Anne Dallas Dudley Mary Baker Eddy Ella Fitzgerald Margaret Fuller Matilda Joslyn Gage Lillian Moller Gilbreth Nannerl O. Keohane Maggie Kuhn Sandra Day O'Connor Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin Pat Schroeder Hannah Greenebaum Solomon Louisa May Alcott Charlotte Anne Bunch Frances Xavier Cabrini Mary A. 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Question: when did babe didrikson go to the olympics
Answer: 1932