Babe Didrikson

Babe Didrikson Mildred Babe Didrikson, 1913-1956,

was one of the most celebrated female athletes of the first half of the 20th century.

Competing in the 1930s and 1940s when conventional attitudes regarding women's participation in sport

dominated North American culture, Babe Didrikson rose to fame by dominating not just one,

but a number of sports. Didrikson flouted conventional notions of femininity and proper

female activity by excelling in field events such as javelin and shot put, in addition to

traditionally male-dominated sports such as baseball, swimming, and golf. Interestingly,

Didrikson would always have to battle popular accounts that attacked or questioned her

femininity and sexuality. As a woman with a large, muscular, and athletic body, Didrikson was often

accused of having an unfair advantage over other women, and often regarded as not being a real

woman. Born in the state of Texas, Didrikson rose to athletic fame quickly, representing the USA in

the 1932 Olympic Games in Los Angeles, where she won and set records in the javelin and 80-meter

hurdles. Later in her career, Didrikson turned her athletic attention mainly to golf, a sport in

which she was immensely successful. Interestingly, however, Didrikson tired of the popular innuendo

regarding her unfeminine appearance and made a conscious effort to change her image in favor of

a more traditionally feminine one. She donned dresses and makeup in place of her sweatpants

and makeup-less appearance. Didrikson's controversial career underwent a twist when

she fought the American Athletic Union, AAU, which had stripped her of her amateur sports status

after she allowed her image to be used in endorsements for cars. When offered amateur

status reinstatement, Didrikson refused, challenging what she believed to be the AAU's

antiquated rules and regulations. Aside from her incredible athletic accomplishments,

Didrikson is an important historical figure because of the challenge she made to the male-dominated institution of sport.

Didrikson challenged those within the institution of sport to question gender values

at a time when the political environment made it difficult to do so.

Didrikson prefigured by several decades the challenges to sport made by other female athletes,

such as Billie Jean King, Martine Navratilova, and Florence Griffith Joyner.

Didrikson forced a re-examination of the meaning of sports,

making many aware of the social and political importance of an institution typically not thought of as such.

Course Content

92 Lectures 10:56:11

In which areas do you operate?

Lecture1.1 Introduction to the User Experience Course

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Lecture1.2 Exercise: Your first design challenge

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Lecture1.3 How to solve the previous exercise

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Lecture1.3 How to solve the previous exercise

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Lecture1.5 How to use text layers effectively

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The Brief

Lecture1.1 Introduction to the User Experience Course

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Lecture1.2 Exercise: Your first design challenge

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Lecture1.3 How to solve the previous exercise

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Lecture1.3 How to solve the previous exercise

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Lecture1.5 How to use text layers effectively

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Wireframing Low Fidelity

Lecture1.1 Introduction to the User Experience Course

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Lecture1.2 Exercise: Your first design challenge

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Lecture1.3 How to solve the previous exercise

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Lecture1.3 How to solve the previous exercise

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Lecture1.5 How to use text layers effectively

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Type, Color & Icon Introduction

Lecture4.1 Introduction to the User Experience Course

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Lecture4.2 Exercise: Your first design challenge

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Lecture4.3 How to solve the previous exercise

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Lecture4.4 How to solve the previous exercise

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Lecture4.5 How to use text layers effectively

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