Despite a brief surge in Women’s professional sports leagues during the war years, as post war America entered the 1950s there were precious few ways for a talented sportswoman to earn a pay cheque.
Even a talented multi-sport athlete like Babe Zaharias with significant public profile had few avenues that could be pursued to cash in on her skills and enormous popularity.
But of (2016) is a documentary honouring the pioneering spirit and determination of these 13 remarkable women and all those that would follow to create the first sports organisation in history where a woman could earn a living playing sport.
