Here's for some major female empowerment.
Women have done some rad stuff in history; much of which has been underreported or long forgotten. We've done our homework though and found many a local female badass in our city's backstory. Take a look at some of the coolest women to leave their mark on San Francisco history.
Vicki Manalo Draves, Olympic Gold Medalist
San Francisco native, Filipino-American Vicki Manalo Draves was the first woman to win two gold medals in a single Olympics. At the 1948 games, she also became the first Asian-American to win a gold medal, and the first American woman to win two gold medals in diving, among many other accomplishments. Draves is also the only woman ever to do the cutaway two-and-one-half somersault.
