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 Great Barrington is a town in Berkshire County, Massachusetts, United States. It is part of the Pittsfield, Massachusetts, Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 7,172 at the 2020 census. Both a summer resort and home to Ski Butternut, ...

, the daughter of Henry Sheldon Leavitt and Martha Ann Young Leavitt. She was married to

William Fellowes Morgan, Sr. William Fellowes Morgan Sr. (September 24, 1860 – May 2, 1943) was an American banker, businessman and politician. He served as president of the Brooklyn Bridge Freezing and Cold Storage Company, which he founded, and as secretary and treasurer ...

in 1885. They had three children. Their daughters were Polly and Beatrice. Their son was William Fellowes Morgan Jr. She died in 1956, aged 91 years. Her gravesite is in

Green-Wood Cemetery Green-Wood Cemetery is a cemetery in the western portion of Brooklyn, New York City. The cemetery is located between South Slope/ Greenwood Heights, Park Slope, Windsor Terrace, Borough Park, Kensington, and Sunset Park, and lies several blo ...

in Brooklyn, New York. EmmaLeavittMorgan1901

Sports

With

Mabel Cahill Mabel Esmonde Cahill (2 April 1863 – 2 February 1905) was an Irish female tennis player, active in the late 19th century, and was the first foreign woman to win a major tennis tournament when she won the 1891 US National Championships. Early ...

, 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 The Baltusrol Golf Club is a private 36-Golf course#Anatomy of a golf course, hole Golf club (institution), golf club in the eastern United States, located in Springfield Township, Union County, New Jersey, Springfield, New Jersey, about west ...

Grand Slam finals

Doubles (1 title)

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An 1883 portrait of Emma Leavitt
in the collection of the

Museum of the City of New York A museum ( ; plural museums or, rarely, musea) is a building or institution that cares for and displays a collection of artifacts and other objects of artistic, cultural, historical, or scientific importance. Many public museums make thes ...

. {{DEFAULTSORT:Leavitt-Morgan, Emma American female tennis players United States National champions (tennis) Grand Slam (tennis) champions in women's doubles Tennis people from Massachusetts American female golfers Amateur golfers Golfers from Massachusetts People from Great Barrington, Massachusetts 19th-century American people 19th-century female tennis players 1865 births 1956 deaths