Maureen Catherine ("Little Mo") Connolly (September 17, 1934 - June 21, 1969) was an American tennis player who was the first woman to win the Grand Slam. Connolly was born in San Diego, California, United States. As a child, she loved horseback riding, but her mother was unable to pay the cost of riding lessons. So, she took up the game of tennis. A natural, with tremendous power and accuracy from the baseline, … Wikipedia
A too-brief flash on the tennis scene was that of Maureen Catherine Connolly, but it was of brilliant incandescence; she may have been the finest of all female players. www.tennisfame.com/famer.aspx?pgID=867&hof_id=78
The definitive Wikipedia entry for Maureen Connolly. Wikipedia is the biggest multilingual free-content encyclopedia on the Internet. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maureen_Connolly
