Women Athletes Posters “C...-”
for social studies and physical education classrooms, home schoolers, fans.

Jennifer Capriati
b. 3-29-1976; New York City

Former world number one ranked professional tennis player Jennifer Capriati was the winner of three women's singles championships in Grand Slam tournaments.

Tracy Caulkins
b. 1-11-1963; Winona, Minnesota

Swimmer Tracy Caulkin is a three-time Olympic gold medalist and a former world record-holder.

Kim Clijsters
b. 6-8-1983; Bree, Belgium

Professional tennis player Kim Clijsters, ranked No. 13 in singles in November 2011, is a former World No. 1 in both singles and doubles.

Nadia Comaneci Autographed Photo

Nadia Comaneci
b. 11-12-1961; Onesti, Romania

Nadia Comaneci was the winner of three Olympic gold medals at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, and the first female gymnast ever to be awarded a perfect score of 10 in an Olympic gymnastic event. She also won two gold medals at the 1980 Summer Olympics.

Winner Maureen Connolly, Holding Her Trophy, Photographic Print

Maureen Connolly
b. 9-17-1934; San Diego, CA
d. 6-21-1969; Dallas, TX (ovarian cancer)

Tennis player Maureen Connolly, the first woman to win all four Grand Slam tournaments during the same calendar year, was named Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year for three straight years from 1951 through 1953.

Edith Cummings TIME Magazine

Edith Cummings
b. 3-26-1899; Chicago (?)
d. 1-25-1984; Washington, DC (?)

Edith Cummings was the first golfer and first female athlete to appear on the cover of Time magazine, August 25, 1924. She had the nickname "the Fairway Flapper".

Cummings was also the inspiration for F. Scott Fitzgerald's character Jordan Baker in the novel The Great Gatsby.