Throughout history men have dominated the sports scene with their advantages over women. It has been scientifically proven that males are stronger, faster, and have much more endurance than females. However women such as Babe Didrikson, Billie Jean King, Jackie Joyner-Kersee, and Mia Hamm didn't feel limited to their gender and took that extra step to become top athletes despite the prominent differences between the sexes. These women have also contributed much more than their talent and athletic appeal. They have altered the views upon the roles of women in sports and have encouraged many others to join in the battle of the sexes and make a difference.
             In 1914 Mildred Ella Didrikson, one of the first female athletes that would change sports records forever was born in Port Arthur Texas. Throughout her adult life she was known as Babe Didrikson, taking the name "Babe" from the sports hero Babe Ruth. She grew up a tom boy playing just about every sport and when asked if there were any sports she didn't play she'd simply reply "yeah, dolls". She was outstanding from the start taking up track as her first profession. Soon after in 1930 she won four events in an AAU competition and single handedly won the 1932 AAU championships which served as an Olympic qualifier. In a span of three hours she competed in eight out of ten events, winning five and tying for first in high jump. She set world records in javelin, 80-meter hurdles, high jump and baseball throw.
             She qualified for five Olympic events in Los Angeles, but at the time women were only allowed to compete in three. She won the women's first Olympic javelin and set a world record in winning the first Olympic 80-meter hurdles in only 11.7 seconds. In high jump she and Jean Smiley both broke the world record. However, Smiley received the gold and Babe the silver when she was disqualified on her last jump for the reason that the official ruled Ba...