Birthday August 28
Matilda “Lida” Scott Howell born today, 1859 was an American female archer🏹 who competed in the early twentieth century.
She won three gold medals in Archery at the 1904 Summer Olympics in Missouri in the double national and Columbia rounds and for the US team. 👏🏽 🙌🏽
Her father, Thomas Scott, is the oldest archer ever to have competed in the Olympics. 🤩
Archery was an event in five of the earliest Olympics and, as it had been an acceptable leisure sport for upper class women for a long time, they were allowed to participate. America's first female gold medalist in archery was Lida Scott. Lida Scott became interested in archery around 1878. 😍
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