NY Post: A champion ahead of her time
“When Althea Gibson was born in the South Carolina town of Silver in 1927, her birth certificate made no sense whatsoever. Chalk it up to an overexcited family member or an exhausted midwife; both her name and gender were inaccurately recorded.
’Instead of recording the birth of a girl named Althea, the record documented the birth of a boy named Alger,’ writes Sally Jacobs in Althea: The Life of Tennis Champion Althea Gibson ( St. Martin’s Press).”
Gavin Newsham, “Tennis legend Althea Gibson was a champion ahead of her time: ‘Nothing to lose’,” New York Post, July 29, 2023.