Helen stephens stella walsh
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NGA’s Olympian: Librarian was two-time gold medalist, world-record holder
Except for the horn-rimmed glasses, Helen Stephens was not a typical librarian.
Stephens was a technical librarian at NGA predecessor agencies from 1950–1976 and stood a full six feet tall amid stacks of charts and papers in the Second Street Library in St.
Louis, Missouri. Her broad shoulders supported a head of short, curly dark hair, and her size 12 feet confidently paced the spaces between bookshelves.
A natural athlete, Stephens won two Olympic gold medals as a sprinter in the 1936 Olympics in Berlin.
Helen stephens stella walsh
She set world records in track. She was the first woman to create, own and manage a professional basketball team. She was an advocate for the expansion of athletic opportunities for young women.
She was a confidante to Jesse Owens, resisted the romantic advances of Adolf Hitler and was an adviser to President Jimmy Carter.
And, during her intelligence career, she helped the U.S.