Nancy Kapitanoff

Nancy Kapitanoff is currently an archival researcher. She served as Special Media Researcher for the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures' short documentary that runs in the museum's exhibit, "Hollywoodland: Jewish Founders and the Making of a Movie Capital." She began producing short documentaries in 2006. Before Babe: The Women Who Changed Golf spotlights a Golden Age for women's sports in the early 20th century, when women formed their own sports associations and competed in national and international championships. She co-produced, co-directed and co-wrote  Out of Infamy: Michi Nishiura Weglyn, which received a Special Jury Mention at the 2010 Tribeca Film Festival. She served as Coordinating Producer on the 2021 documentary film, Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck In Time

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Helen Hull Jacobs

Winner of numerous championship victories, including the triple crown, Helen Hull Jacobs was a force to be reckoned with on the tennis court in the 1920s and 1930s. Her love for the court was only rivaled by her passion for writing, to which she dedicated the second half of her life, writing over 21 books, many about tennis.

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Jewish Women's Archive. "Nancy Kapitanoff." (Viewed on June 13, 2026) <https://qa.jwa.org/encyclopedia/author/kapitanoff-nancy>.