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Eighteen-year-old Mianne Palfrey , one of Brookline's five tennis-playing sisters, today became the women's national indoor singles champion by defeating Mrs. Marion Zinderstein Jessup of Wilmington, Del., a former holder of the title 7-5, 6-2, here on the Longwood covered
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Mr. and Mrs. Franklin Dexter, brother-in-law and sister of the internationally known tennis star, Sarah Palfrey Fabyan, were honeymooning in Scotland when war broke. They were among the 35 New Englanders who managed to get passage on the
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Palfrey won the girls' national indoor singles title in 1929, defeating her sister Sarah in the final. In addition she won the girls' indoor doubles titles, partnering Sarah, in 1927, 1928 and 1929.
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Mianne Palfrey Dexter, 82, one of an extraordinary quintet of sisters who won US junior titles. She also won the women's US Indoor in 1930
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Mianne was the daughter of John Palfrey, a lawyer, and Methyl Oakes. She was part of a quintet of tennis playing sisters, together with
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but they divorced several years later. They had one daughter. She married Franklin Dexter on August 5, 1939, in
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and sank but the couple survived. With Franklin, she bore four children. Franklin Dexter died in July 1977.
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player who was active in the late 1920s and early 1930s.
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On August 27, 1932, she married Arthur Dehon Hill in
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United States
Boston
Wimbledon
1930
US Open
Wimbledon
1930
US Open
Wimbledon
1930
US Open
tennis
Sarah
Polly
U.S. Indoor Championships
Marion Zinderstein Jessup

Sharon, Massachusetts
Brookline, Massachusetts
passenger liner
SS Athenia
U-boat
U-30
"Turmoil of '93 left those of us in the tennis racket strung out"
"Obituary for Mianne (Palfrey) Dexter"
Collins, Bud
ISBN
978-1-937559-38-0
"Two sisters monopolize titles in indoor tennis"
"Past USTA Girls' Nationals Champions - 18s"

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