Euretta Cecilia de Cosson Rathbone (died 2003) was a British champion ski racer and a patron of the arts.[1]

Rettles, as she was known, was born in Cairo, Egypt to the British head of Egypt's public works Claude Augustin de Cosson and Euretta Kirkbride, a Philadelphian descendant of a long line of Philadelphia Quakers.[1][2] Her grandfather was a baron.[3] She took up skiing while in finishing school in Switzerland. She became captain of the British ski team and won several events.[1]

She won a combined event in 1939.[4] She suffered a concussion in competition on Baldy Mountain in 1941.[5]

She married art museum director Perry T. Rathbone in 1945.[1][6][7] She died in 2003 after being hit by a bus. She had three children and seven grandchildren.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Globe, Boston (20 March 2003). "Euretta de Cosson Rathbone -- ski champion of '30s". SFGate.
  2. ↑ "Clipped From St. Louis Post-Dispatch". 11 February 1945. p. 46 – via newspapers.com.
  3. ↑ "The Downside Review". Downside Abbey. 16 February 1907 – via Google Books.
  4. ↑ "The Ski Bulletin". Alfred B. Moorhouse, pub. 16 October 1939 – via Google Books.
  5. ↑ "Collier's: Incorporating Features of the American Magazine". Crowell-Collier Publishing Company. 16 January 1941 – via Google Books.
  6. ↑ "EURETTA DE COSSON ENGAGED TO MARRY; She Will Become Bride of Lieut. Perry T. Rathbone of Navy". 18 June 1943 – via NYTimes.com.
  7. ↑ The National Cyclopedia of American Biography. J. T. White. 1981 – via Internet Archive. Euretta de Cosson.


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