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Filtering by: Committee Member Chapman, Erin D. Degree Ph.D. GW Unit American Studies Keyword Althea Gibson

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Description:: This critical biography follows the public career and private ordeals of Althea Gibson (1927-2003), the most famous black sportswoman of the middle twentieth century. Gibson was the first African American to compete at the United States National Lawn Tennis Championships at Forest Hills and the...
Author:: Brown, Ashley Nicole
Keyword:: Gender, Civil Rights, Tennis, Althea Gibson, African Americans, and Cold War
GW Unit:: American Studies
Degree:: Ph.D.
Advisor:: Kosek, Joseph Kip
Committee Member(s):: Chapman, Erin D. and Guglielmo, Thomas A.
Resource Type:: Thesis or Dissertation

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