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I
found information on Helen Willis
in the book, Famous American
Women: A Biographical Dictionary
from Colonial Times to the Present,
edited by Robert McHenry. The
book was published in 1980 -
at that time she was still alive,
but twenty years is a long time.
That entry says:
"....Born
in Berkeley, CA on Oct. 6, 1905,
she was educated in private
school and began playing tennis
at 13. She won the U.S. girls'
championship in 1921 when she
was 15. She won her first Wimbledon
in 1927...Probably the most
powerful woman player up to
her time, and possessing extraordinary
control as well, she long dominated
women's tennis..."
—Amy
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