American tennis player
Georgina Frances Jones, later Georgina Jones Walton and also known as Sister Daya, (September 1, 1882 – September 3, 1955) was an American tennis player.[1] She competed in two events at the 1900 Summer Olympics.[2]
Jones was the daughter of Nevada Senator John P. Jones, co-founder of the town of Santa Monica, California, and Georgina Frances Sullivan.[3][1] Her sister, Marion Jones Farquhar, also competed in tennis at the 1900 Olympics.[1] Marion was the first woman to win an Olympic medal representing the United States. Jones's other sister, Alice, married Frederick William MacMonnies.[1]
Jones learned to play tennis at the West Side Tennis Club in New York. She later moved to Paris for voice training. She joined the Vedanta Society and was a close follower of Swami Paramananda. As Sister Daya she wrote the book The Guru and the Disciple: My Life with Swami Paramananda. She also wrote a play, "The Light of Asia", which was choreographed by Ruth St. Denis.[1]
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