Betty Constable

Elizabeth Howe "Betty" Constable (8 November 1924 – 9 September 2008) was an American pioneer in women's squash and was the first women's squash coach at Princeton University.

Life and career

The first of twins born in Natick, Massachusetts, she graduated from Brimmer and May School in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts. After serving in the American Red Cross during World War II.

Constable's mother Margaret Howe (Mrs. William Francis Howe) and twin sister, Peggy White were also national squash champions.[1]

Squash's Howe Cup prize is named for the family. Constable was inducted into the United States Squash Hall of Fame in 2000. She died in Skillman, New Jersey.[2]

References

  1. Staff (March 2, 1959). The Howes & Squash Time
  2. Martin, Douglas (September 15, 2008). Betty Constable, Early Squash Star and Coaching Pioneer, Is Dead at 83. New York Times

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