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Listen: The Folk ProgramAnn Harwick throwing the javelin for field day at Florida State College for Women - Tallahassee, Florida.
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Track and field
Recreation--Florida--Leon County--Tallahassee
Athletics
Sports--Florida--Leon County--Tallahassee
Women track and field athletes--Florida--Leon County--Tallahassee
Architecture--Florida--Leon County--Tallahassee
Women--Florida--Leon County--Tallahassee
Students--Florida--Leon County--Tallahassee
Buildings--Florida--Leon County--Tallahassee
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General Note
She went to the Paris Olympics in 1922. She held the America record for javelin throwing, but was not able to compete in the Olympics. A 1921 graduate of FSCW, she also worked for the WPA, and wrote a novel called Possom Tor about life in Florida. She died in 1974 in Charlottesville, VA.
The original image can be found in M99-23. It came from a scrapbook kept by former FSCW student Dorothy Dodd.
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