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Eleonora Randolph Sears (September 28, 1881 – March 16, 1968) was an American tennis champion of the 1910s. In addition, she was a champion squash player, and prominent in other sports; she is considered one of the leading all-round women athletes of the first half of the 20th century.
Eleonora Sears was a Boston Brahmin who followed the conventions of her class -- until she walked onto the athletic field.
Sears was ranked twice in the U.S. Top 10 in 1914 and 1916, reaching No. 3 in 1916. A true athlete, she was the epitome of health and wellness, endurance and strength, traits that were maintained throughout her life.
Jun 22, 2012 · Eleonora Sears died in 1968 at age 86, four years before Title IX was enacted, but she firmly planted its flag, and no one better demonstrated and promoted the rightness of this...
PALM BEACH, Fla., March 26 (AP) -- Eleonora Randolph Sears, who paved the way for women's entrance into sports at the turn of the century, died today at the age of 86 after a brief illness.
Mar 1, 2012 · Eleonora Randolph Sears was one of the 20th century’s most admirable people, but few have ever heard of her. In Prides Crossing, biographer Peggy Miller Franck outlines Sears’s public and secret lives.
Mar 15, 1970 · PALM BEACH, Fla., March 14 —The disputed will of Eleonora. Randolph Sears of Palm Beach and Boston, who died two years ago and left an estate valued at between $12‐million and $13‐ million, has...
