Van wie was Helen Hull Jacobs?

Helen Jacobs (Globe, 6 augustus 1908 – 2 juni 1997, East Hampton) was een tennisspeelster uit de Verenigde Staten van Amerika.

In 1933 werd Jacobs als eerste vrouwelijke tennisspeelster door Associated Press uitgeroepen tot Female Athlete of the Year. In de Tweede Wereldoorlog werkte zij bij de Amerikaanse marine.

Nog tijdens haar tenniscarrière werd Jacobs schrijver. In 1933 bracht zij Modern Tennis uit, en in 1936 Improve Your Tennis. In 1944 bracht zij de roman Storm Against the Wind uit.

Henrietta Bingham (January 3, 1901 – June 17, 1968) was a wealthy American journalist, newspaper executive and horse breeder. When she was twelve, she was present when her mother was killed in a road accident which traumatized the whole family. She subsequently developed a very close relationship with her father, who took a long time to recognize her lesbianism although eventually he became reconciled to her sexuality. In the 1920s she became an anglophile flapper and she associated with the Bloomsbury Group. In 1935 she purchased and ran a Kentucky estate for breeding thoroughbred racehorses. Her 1954 marriage, after a succession of partners, men and women, was unsuccessful.