🎾0️⃣3️⃣1️⃣ Helen Hull Jacobs
Meet Helen Hull Jacobs, a U.S. tennis player, three-time French Championship finalist, and on-court fashion pioneer who, through the “Battle of the Helens,” helped forge one of the sport’s first fierce rivalries.
⛳0️⃣0️⃣6️⃣ Margaret Ives Abbott
Meet Margaret Abbott, the first American woman to win an Olympic event in the golf competition at the Paris Olympics of 1900.
Mapping the Connections
The connections highlighted by #FranceAndUS Voices over time.
Blue = From the United States to France. Red = From France to the United States.