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Renée Richards. Renée Richards (born August 19, 1934) is an American ophthalmologist and former tennis player who competed on the professional circuit in the 1970s, and became widely known following male-to-female sex reassignment surgery, when she fought to compete as a woman in the 1976 US Open.
Jun 28, 2019 · After four more years on the circuit, only briefly cracking the top 20, Renée Richards retired at age 47. In the ensuing years she built her practice and performed more than 20,000 eye surgeries ...
Mar 31, 2021 · Renée Richards was a transgender tennis player who made history by competing in the US Open as a woman in 1977. She faced boycotts, lawsuits and media scrutiny, but also inspired many with her courage and skill.
May 26, 2015 · Dr. Renée Richards has lived forty years of her life as a woman and forty years as a man. It was a warm August day in 1975 when Dr. Richard Raskind walked into a New York City hospital for surgery.
Feb 26, 2021 · Richards, who was born in 1934, excelled in a range of sports, got married and started a family. After graduating from Yale University, the affluent New Yorker trained to be an ophthalmologist ...
Jun 25, 2015 · Renee Richards made history when she walked out on to the centre court of the Forest Hills stadium to play in the 1977 US Open. She was the first transgender woman to play in a professional tennis ...
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Oct 25, 2012 · Before Renée Richards became a star of the professional women’s tennis circuit, she was a nice Jewish boy—the puritz, or prince, of her household. Richards was born in 1934 as Richard Raskind ...
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