Personalities26+p2

1926 Personalities   *Molla B. Mallory-- Molla B. Mallory is the only female to win eight US Open titles. Her game mainly relied on her endurance and baseline game in which she had a strong forehand with a defense designed to tire her opponents. In 1926 she won her last title before retiring. In 1958 she was elected to the International Tennis Hall of Fame. *Dr. Carter G. Woodson--  Woodson’s childhood was spent working in the Kentucky coal mines and lived with his parents who were both former slaves. At the age of 20 Woodson attended High School and went on to earn a Ph.D. from Harvard. While he was studying he noticed that the texts largely ignored the African American population. He was all for changing this so he decided to take the challenge and put African Americans into the nation’s history. He established the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History and in 1926 launched Negro History Week. Now Black History Month is celebrated annually due to his efforts.



 On August6, 1926, Gertrude Ederle became the first woman to swim from Dover, England to Cape Griz-Nez across the English Channel. Her first attempt was a failure due to her coach pulled her out after 8 hours and 46 minutes because she was swallowing too much saltwater. Just a year later, at the age of 19, on her second attempt she completed the 21 miles in 14 hours and 31 minutes. She became the sixth person to finish and the first woman to swim the Channel successfully. Not only was she the first female, she broke the previous record by two hours. **
 * __*Gertrude Ederle-- __