LC control no. | n 82131073 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
Personal name heading | Richards, Renée |
Variant(s) | Raskind, Richard |
Birth date | 1934-08-19 |
Place of birth | New York (N.Y.) |
Profession or occupation | Ophthalmologists Tennis players |
Found in | Her Second serve, 1983: CIP t.p. (Renée Richards) CIP blurb (b. as Richard Raskind, underwent a successful sex change operation; M.D., ophthalmologist, prof. tennis player) Wikipedia, viewed 26 September 2016: Renée Richards (Renée Richards; born Richard Raskind on August 19, 1934, in New York City; American ophthalmologist and former professional tennis player; attended Horace Mann School, Yale University, and the University of Rochester Medical Center, specializing in ophthalmology and graduating in 1959 before starting an internship at Lenox Hill Hospital and a residency at the Manhattan Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital; after the internship and residency, joined the United States Navy; in 1975, underwent male-to-female sex reassignment surgery, thereafter denied entry into the 1976 US Open by the United States Tennis Association, and successfully sued for gender discrimination; played tennis professionally from 1977 to 1981) |