Emma Leavitt-Morgan Explained

Emma Leavitt-Morgan
Birth Date:	May 22, 1865
Birth Place:	Great Barrington, Massachusetts, U.S.
Death Place:	New York, U.S.
Plays:	Left-handed ^[1]
Usopendoublesresult:	W (1891)

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

Biography

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

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

Sports

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

Grand Slam finals

Doubles (1 title)

External links

• An 1883 portrait of Emma Leavitt, in the collection of the Museum of the City of New York.

Notes and References

1. Book: Past and Promise : Lives of New Jersey Women. 1997. Syracuse University Press. Syracuse, N.Y.. 978-0815604181. 173. 1st Syracuse University Press. Joan N. Burstyn.
2. Book: Reynolds, Cuyler. 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. Emma Leavitt Morgan.. 1914. Lewis Historical Publishing Company. 1212-1213. en.
3. Book: The Book of Sport. Underhill. Ruth. Hoyt. Beatrix. 1903. J.F. Taylor & Company. 28. en.