On the podcast this week, we welcome back William Morrow Executive Editor Lucia Macro for a conversation with author Elise Hooper. Elise and Lucia have worked on three books together: The Other Alcott, Learning to See, and her upcoming historical fiction title Fast Girls. In the episode they discuss the amazing female Olympic athletes behind Fast Girls. Take a listen and find some of Elise's photos from her research while writing this book below.
Elise was kind enough to send photographs she collected.
Here is a photo of Elise holding Helen Stephens' track shoes:
A shot of Helen's Williams Wood track uniform:
Helen's diary from the Berlin Olympics in which she describes meeting Hitler and the photo taken with Hitler:
Courtesy of the State Historical Society of Missouri.
The tracks where Louise Stokes ran in Malden, MA, now paved over into a strip mall:
A postcard of the 1936 American gold relay team Elise took while visiting the State Historical Society of Missouri and viewing the Helen Stephens collection:
Courtesy of the State Historical Society of Missouri.
Elise also mentioned the Dorothea Lange photos from her previous book Learning to See; find those images here.
Thanks, Elise!
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-Lainey