Queen of the Court: The Many Lives of Tennis Legend Alice Marble Blais Madeleine
In August 1939, Alice Marble graced the cover of Life magazine, photographed by the legendary Alfred Eisenstaedt. She was a worldwide celebrity, having that year won singles, women's doubles, and…
Specifikacia Queen of the Court: The Many Lives of Tennis Legend Alice Marble Blais Madeleine
In August 1939, Alice Marble graced the cover of Life magazine, photographed by the legendary Alfred Eisenstaedt. She was a worldwide celebrity, having that year won singles, women's doubles, and mixed doubles titles at both Wimbledon and the U.S. Open, an unprecedented feat, then and now. Today, one of America's greatest female athletes and most charismatic characters is largely forgotten. Queen of the Court, by Pulitzer Prizewinning writer Madeleine Blais, places her back on center stage.Born in 1913, Marble grew up in San Francisco; her favorite sport, baseball. Given a tennis racket at age 13, she took to the sport immediately, rising to the top with a powerful, aggressive serveandvolley style unseen in women's tennis. A champion at the height of her fame in the late 1930s, she designed a clothing line in the offseason and also sang love songs in the Sert Room of
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