At the age of thirteen, Texas girl Babe Didrikson announced that one day she would be the world's greatest female athlete. Everyone around her laughed--but she'd turn out to be right. Babe never tried a sport too tough for her. Defying attempts to keep women from competing, she rose from humble beginnings to achieve all-American status in basketball and win gold medals in track and field at the 1932 Olympics. -- Page 4 of cover.