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Lincoln University Blue Tiger Commons@LincolnU Legendary Ladies of Lincoln University Archives / Ethnic Studies Center 2-1-2019 Legendary Ladies of Lincoln: Althea Gibson Mark Schleer Lincoln University, Jefferson City Missouri, [email protected] Ithaca Bryant Lincoln University, Jefferson City Missouri, [email protected] Follow this and additional works at: https://bluetigercommons.lincolnu.edu/lll Part of the Archival Science Commons Recommended Citation Schleer, Mark and Bryant, Ithaca, "Legendary Ladies of Lincoln: Althea Gibson" (2019). Legendary Ladies of Lincoln. 27. https://bluetigercommons.lincolnu.edu/lll/27 This Book is brought to you for free and open access by the University Archives / Ethnic Studies Center at Blue Tiger Commons@LincolnU. It has been accepted for inclusion in Legendary Ladies of Lincoln by an authorized administrator of Blue Tiger Commons@LincolnU. For more information, please contact [email protected]. LEGENDARY LADIES Althea nrll I LINCOLN~ Of UN I VERSITY Gibson MISSO U RI LINCOLN One quote from Venus Williams sums up what Ms. Gibson did for this world, “For players like myself and a lot of other African American players on the tour, Althea Gibson paved the way for us”. Althea Gibson was born in Silver, South Carolina on August 25, 1927. She grew up in a poor family in Harlem but mastered tennis at an early age. She enrolled in Florida A&M and, after graduation in 1953, worked at Lincoln University as a Physical Education instructor. Ms. Gibson was the first African American woman to win the Wimble- don and U.S. Championships in 1957, and the French Open and three double titles at Wimbledon in 1958. After retiring, she toured with the Harlem Globetrotters. Althea Gibson passed away at the age of 76 in 2003. .

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