In 1938, she graduated from Eastern Michigan University (formerly Michigan Norman School) with a degree in physical education.
Sykesville is the birthplace of Olga Madar (1915–1996), first woman to be a vice-president in the United Auto Workers (1970) and founder of the Coalition of Labor Union Women in 1974.
Olga Chernysheva | Olga Neuwirth | Olga Petrova | Olga Fatkulina | Olga Nethersole | Princess Olga, Duchess of Apulia | Olga Kern | Olga Guillot | Olga Masters | Olga Korbut | Olga Danilova | Princess Olga Andreevna Romanoff | Olga Tañón | Olga Shishkina | Olga Rypakova | Olga Ovtchinnikova | Olga Mostepanova | Olga Madar | Olga Govortsova | Olga Costa | Olga Chorens | Olga Benário Prestes | Olga Bancic | Olga Aleksandrovna Ladyzhenskaya | Mim Mesle Madar | Olga Yegorova | Olga Viscal Garriga | Olga Sokolova (swimmer) | Olga Slyusareva | Olga Sinclair |