Born: 17 November 1917, United States
Died: 18 December 1997
Country most active: United States
Also known as: NA
The following is excerpted from Infinite Women creator Allison Tyra’s book Uncredited: Women’s Overlooked, Misattributed, and Stolen Work.
After bobsledder Katharin Dewey piloted her four-person team to victory at the U.S. national championships in 1940, women were summarily banned from the sport, a situation that would last decades.