Margaret Allen Howe (1897–1989) was a pioneer for Squash in America. She was born in
Greenfield, Massachusetts
Greenfield is the county seat, and sole city, of Franklin County, Massachusetts, United States. Greenfield was first settled in 1686. The population was 17,768 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. Greenfield is home to Greenfield Commun ...
. She won the U.S. Women's Squash Singles National Championship in 1929, 1932 and 1934 after giving birth to a son, William Francis Howe Jr., in 1922 and twin daughters (and future squash champions)
Betty and
Peggy in 1924.
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Her husband,
William "Bill" Francis Howe Sr., encouraged her to play, and she played under the name Mrs. William F. Howe. In 1929, Howe organized and won the first sanctioned women's squash tournament in the United States.
Legacy
In 1955, Virginia Griggs of New York City donated a permanent trophy to an annual women's 5-persons intercity tournament, thus dubbing the tournament
The Howe Cup The Howe Cup is an all-female American Squash team championship run since 1955 for all ages and abilities. About the Cup
Creation
The tournament started in 1928 as an inter-city competition between the cities of New York City, Philadelphia and ...
. The tournament still runs to this day in memory of Howe and her daughters.
References
External links
United States Squash Hall of Fame
American female squash players
1897 births
1989 deaths
20th-century American sportswomen
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