 She was, however, unable to achieve her ambition of competing in the Olympics as women could not join the equestrian team before 1956.Her legacy is preserved in the "Belle W. Baruch Institute for Marine and Coastal Sciences" (University of South Carolina) and the "Belle W. Baruch Institute of Coastal Ecology & Forest Science" (Clemson University) both established on Hobcaw Barony, a former rice plantation purchased by her father.Upon her death in 1964, the property was transferred to the Belle W. Baruch Foundation for the creation of a nature and research preserve.