So this has nothing really to do with photography, but as a feminist I am really proud of my grandmother, now 92 years old. She will be inducted into the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame this weekend.
Ellen Gale Hopkins Green is being honored for her swimming achievements in the 1930s. While still in high school, Ellen Gale was named one of the Men of the Year for 1936 by the Springfield News-Leader, the only woman to ever achieve that honor.
Ellen Gale and her sisters were known around town as the "Hopkins Mermaids". All 3 of them were swimmers, but my grandmother was the sister who excelled at the sport.
"One of Ellen Gale Hopkins' most memorable performances came in 1936, when she swam at the Grant Beach AAU meet and won the 50-yard freestyle, 100-yard freestyle and the 440-yard freestyle, setting pool records in each race in front of a crowd of 1200. Her performance prompted the News-Leader to say 'She's [Hopkins] perhaps the most outstanding swimmer in the Missouri Valley Division.' " (Missouri State University Athletics)
Congratulations to Ellen Gale Hopkins Green!
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2 comments:
So exciting! Wonderful story on the news that your dad recorded for you. Lots of nice old video that went with the story. Amazing lady!
xo
dulcy
Great! Can't wait to see the video! Yep, she's amazing for sure.
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