"Legendary tennis and transgender pioneer, Renée Richards gives an intimate peek into her renowned pediatric ophthalmology practice and chronicles an unforgettable and watershed year from her six-decade medical career.
In 1999 Dr. Renée Richards kept a detailed diary of her personal and professional life. An internationally renowned eye surgeon and instructor, her specialty was childhood strabismus, a condition where the eyes do not properly align.
It proved to be an eventful year."
Renée Richards (born in 1934) is an American ophthalmologist and tennis player, known for competing as a professional tennis player in the 1970s and being the first transgender woman to have challenged the sports rules discriminating against transgender women, when fighting to compete as a woman in the 1976 US Open.
In 1976, the United States Tennis Association began requiring genetic screening for female players, and Renée challenged that policy, and the New York Supreme Court ruled in her favor, which was a landmark case in transgender rights. As a result, Renée became a spokesperson for transgender people in sports.
After her retirement as a player, she coached Martina Navratilova to two Wimbledon titles. After quitting tennis, she returned to her medical practice in New York and became the surgeon director of ophthalmology and head of the eye-muscle clinic at the Manhattan Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital.
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