# Betty Constable > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Betty_Constable > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Betty_Constable.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betty_Constable > Source revision: 1327419581 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|American squash player and coach}} {{Use mdy dates|date=June 2025}} '''Elizabeth Howe Constable''' (8 November 1924 – 9 September 2008) was an American pioneer in women's [squash](/source/squash_(sport)) and was the first women's squash coach at [Princeton University](/source/Princeton_University). ==Life and career== The first of twins born in [Natick, Massachusetts](/source/Natick%2C_Massachusetts), she graduated from [Brimmer and May School](/source/Brimmer_and_May_School) in [Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts](/source/Chestnut_Hill%2C_Massachusetts). After serving in the [American Red Cross](/source/American_Red_Cross) during [World War II](/source/World_War_II). Constable's mother [Margaret Allen Howe](/source/Margaret_Howe_(squash)) (Mrs. [William Francis Howe](/source/William_Francis_Howe)) and twin sister, [Peggy Howe White](/source/Peggy_White) were also women's national singles and doubles squash champions.Staff (March 2, 1959). [https://web.archive.org/web/20110201105937/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,892270,00.html The Howes & Squash] ''[Time](/source/Time_(magazine))''. Retrieved November 30, 2017. In 1971, Constable, who was already coaching women in squash, field hockey and tennis at Princeton University, began the first women's varsity squash team at Princeton. Her career there spanned 20 years. The famed [Howe Cup](/source/The_Howe_Cup) Championships (formerly known as the Tri-City Squash Championships) was renamed the Howe Cup in honor of the three Howe women-Margaret, Betty and Peggy. This tournament was originally played between top players from Philadelphia-New York-Boston. At that time these cities were the main centers of squash play in the U.S. The Howe Cup itself was donated by a contemporary and friend of the twins, Gig Griggs. Eventually, the sport grew large enough and was played in enough areas across the U.S. that the tournament came to be known also as the U.S. National Team Championships and had three flights-A, B and C. In the early 1970s, Constable's mother, Margaret Howe, donated the collegiate Howe Cup, inaugurating the collegiate tier of Howe Cup play. Constable was inducted into the United States Squash Hall of Fame in 2000. She died in [Skillman, New Jersey](/source/Skillman%2C_New_Jersey).Martin, Douglas (September 15, 2008). [https://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/16/sports/othersports/16constable.html Betty Constable, Early Squash Star and Coaching Pioneer, Is Dead at 83.] ''[The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times)''. Retrieved November 30, 2017. ==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20081013203547/http://www.us-squash.org/ussquash/hall-of-fame-members.html United States Squash Hall of Fame] *[The Howe Cup](/source/The_Howe_Cup) ==References== {{Reflist}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Constable, Betty}} Category:American female squash players Category:1924 births Category:2008 deaths Category:Princeton Tigers field hockey coaches Category:College squash coaches in the United States Category:Princeton Tigers coaches Category:Princeton Tigers squash Category:Princeton Tigers women's tennis coaches Category:20th-century American sportswomen Category:21st-century American sportswomen Category:Sports coaches from Massachusetts {{US-squash-bio-stub}} --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Betty Constable](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betty_Constable) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betty_Constable?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.