Tag: Sheldon Anderson
The most thorough and well-researched biography of Stella Walsh to date
Polish-born American athlete Stella Walsh dominated women’s track and field in the 1930s and 40s. In a new biography, The Forgotten Legacy of Stella Walsh (Rowman & Littlefield), Sheldon Anderson argues that she should be remembered as the greatest female athlete of her generation. Our reviewer is Sarah Teetzel, and she is appreciative of Anderson’s balanced account of the controversies surrounding Walshes’ legacy.
