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March 2023
Rock Edge, the nearly 28,000 sq. ft. seaside estate in Prides Crossing formerly owned by Eleonora Sears, was sold for $18,275,000, after undergoing extensive interior and exterior landscape alterations.
http://realestate.boston.com/buying/2021/07/13/luxury-home-week-22-million-beverly-mansion/
January 27, 2023
The 1912 Simplex owned by Eleonora Sears, a gift from Harold Vanderbilt, set the world record as the most expensive Pre-WW I car ever sold, $4.8 million, at auction by Bonhams Scottsdale Arizona.
https://www.bonhams.com/press_release/36038/
March 28, 2018
The Book Discussion group of the Beverly Historical Society, Beverly, Mass. met to discuss "Prides Crossing", their Book of the Month.
September 30, 2015
Questers Opening Day meeting, Whitemarsh Valley Country Club, Lafayette Hill, PA-
Talk by Author with Power Point, followed by book signing and luncheon.
June 22, 2012
PBS' To The Contrary interviewed the Author on the 40th Anniversary of Title IX about the woman who pioneered the idea behind the legislation.
April-May 2012
The Cultural Arts Committee of New Eagle Elementary School, Berwyn, PA, hosted the Author for a series of presentations to their 3rd and 4th grade classes on sports-great Eleonora Sears and the art of writing a biography.
May 8, 2012
The Acorn Club, Philadelphia,PA.
Book presentation by Author with Power Point. The talk was followed by a book signing and luncheon.
March 1, 2012
Questers, Easttown Public Library, Berwyn, PA
Book presentation by Author with PowerPoint.
August 30, 2011
Beaumont Retirement Community, Bryn Mawr, PA
Book presentation by Author with PowerPoint.
March 15, 2011
Tredyffrin Public Library, Strafford, PA - 7:30pm
Women's History Month was celebrated with local author Peggy Miller Franck, who has written the first complete biography of Eleonora Sears, the self-liberated Boston socialite who broke gender boundaries in the world of sports. The The talk was accompanied by a power-point presentation, followed by a book signing.
July 28, 2010
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Penn Bookstore, 2nd Level - Walnut Street - 6 - 8 pm
http://www.alumni.upenn.edu/education/inprint.html
Penn Alumna Peggy Miller Franck, CW’69, discussed the life and times of the infamous Eleonora Sears, followed by a signing of her book.
June 17, 2010
The Beverly Historical Society hosted "An Evening with Eleo". Cocktails, hors d' oeuvres, and music were enjoyed on the veranda of Eleo's estate, Rock Edge, overlooking the ocean. The Author was the special guest and was available for book signings.
November 12, 2009
Beverly Public Library, Beverly, MA
Beverly Farms History Project: “Remembering Eleo”:
This program began with an illustrated talk on the life of Eleonora Sears by historian Nancy Coffey. Attendees were invited to share their memories of Eleo Sears, which were recorded for the archives of the Beverly Farms History Project.
October 9, 2009
Longwood Cricket Club
Talk by Author, followed by a Reception and book signing.
October 8, 2009
Chilton Club, Dartmouth Street, Boston
Talk by Author (introduced by Cary Smallhorn), followed by a book signing and luncheon.
Myopia Hunt Club, Hamilton, MA
Cocktails, Book Talk by Author, Q&A, and book signing
followed by a Buffet Dinner
October 7, 2009
Boston Athenaeum
Introduced by Athenaeum Director Pamela Mathews and John Sears, the Author's Talk was
followed by a reception sponsored by J. Linzee Coolidge and a book signing.
Lecture Topic: The Past as Prelude: Eleonora Sears and the Birth of the Modern World
Nicknamed the "Universal Female Athlete," Eleonora Sears cut a swath through society in the first half of the 20th century, as arguably the greatest and most versatile female athlete of all time. Sportswriter Grantland Rice said that "the two girls who did the most to turn the world spotlight on their sex, with the possible exception of Cleopatra, were Eleonora Sears and Babe Didrikson Zaharias." Babe carried the torch, but Eleo lit the spark.
Born in 1881, Eleo was the self-liberated daughter of one of Boston's First Families and a great-great-granddaughter of Thomas Jefferson. Eleo, whose life spanned the eras of rigid Victorian orthodoxy and the dawn of the nuclear age, faced off against the world like a gladiator, wielding her competitive skill, her wealth, and the force of her will to topple ancient and suffocating commandments. The breadth of her athletic achievements placed her at the heart of many of the seminal developments of the 20th century. The sweeping technological and social changes that Eleo and America grappled with during those years continue to bend and baffle today's world. Join Peggy Miller Franck, the author of Prides Crossing: The Unbridled Life & Impatient Times of Eleonora Sears and daughter of Eleo's financial advisor, as she paints a dramatic portrait of Boston society and the woman who dared to challenge the prevailing norms of her world.
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