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Matilda Howell, American archer (died 1938)
Matilda "Lida" Scott Howell was an American 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. She was 45 when she won the medals. America's first female gold medalist in archery was Lida Scott.
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Lida Howell was born in 1859. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.
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| Measure | 1859 | 2026 |
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| Population | 29.2M | 341 million |
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