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Emma Leavitt-Morgan

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American tennis player and golfer

Emma Leavitt-Morgan
Leavitt-Morgan (right) withMabel Cahill
Country (sports) United States
Born(1865-05-22)May 22, 1865
Great Barrington, Massachusetts, U.S.
DiedDecember 29, 1956(1956-12-29) (aged 91)
New York, U.S.
PlaysLeft-handed[1]
Doubles
Grand Slam doubles results
US OpenW (1891)

Emma Leavitt-Morgan (néeLeavitt; May 22, 1865 – December 29, 1956) was an American tennis and golf player, often listed asMrs. W. Fellowes-Morgan.

Biography

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Mary Emma Leavitt was born inGreat Barrington, Massachusetts, the daughter of Henry Sheldon Leavitt and Martha Ann Young Leavitt. She was married toWilliam Fellowes Morgan, Sr. in 1885. They had three children. Their daughters were Polly and Beatrice. Their son wasWilliam Fellowes Morgan Jr.[2]

She died in 1956, aged 91 years. Her gravesite is inGreen-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn, New York.

A young white woman wearing a fur coat, a dark high-necked blouse, and a large dark hat.
Emma Leavitt-Morgan, from a 1901 publication.

Sports

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WithMabel Cahill, Emma Leavitt-Morgan won, in 1891, the third women's doubles of the American National Championships, what is now theUS Open. She was also a golfer, a member of theBaltusrol Golf Club.[3]

Grand Slam finals

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Doubles (1 title)

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ResultYearChampionshipSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win1891US National ChampionshipsGrassUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland[a]Mabel CahillUnited StatesGrace Roosevelt
United StatesEllen Roosevelt
2–6, 8–6, 6–4

Notes

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  1. ^At this time,Ireland was part of theUnited Kingdom.

References

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  1. ^Joan N. Burstyn, ed. (1997).Past and Promise : Lives of New Jersey Women (1st Syracuse University Press ed.). Syracuse, N.Y.: Syracuse University Press. p. 173.ISBN 978-0815604181.
  2. ^Reynolds, Cuyler (1914).Genealogical and Family History of Southern New York and the Hudson River Valley: A Record of the Achievements of Her People in the Making of a Commonwealth and the Building of a Nation. Lewis Historical Publishing Company. pp. 1212-1213.Emma Leavitt Morgan.
  3. ^Underhill, Ruth; Hoyt, Beatrix (1903).The Book of Sport. J.F. Taylor & Company. p. 28.

External links

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