Peggy Howe White (November 8, 1924 – 1997) was an American pioneer in women's
squash.
She was born in
Natick, Massachusetts
Natick ( ) is a town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. It is near the center of the MetroWest region of Massachusetts, with a population of 37,006 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. west of Boston, Natick is part o ...
to
William Francis Howe and
Margaret Howe, a squash pioneer and acclaimed founder of
The Howe Cup. Her twin sister
Betty Constable also went on to be a champion.
White won the national championship in 1952 and 1953.
Peggy married Robert White in the 1950s and together they had two sons and one daughter. They spent their married life in
Rochester, NY
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until retirement in
Nantucket, Massachusetts
Nantucket () is an island in the state of Massachusetts in the United States, about south of the Cape Cod peninsula. Together with the small islands of Tuckernuck Island, Tuckernuck and Muskeget Island, Muskeget, it constitutes the Town and Co ...
. She died in
Lutherville, MD in 1997 and is buried in Nantucket.
References
External links
United States Squash Hall of Fame
1924 births
1997 deaths
American female squash players
20th-century American sportswomen
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