Edith Cummings

Edith Cummings
Edith Cummings Pre-1924, Lake Forest, Illinois.jpg
Cummings in the early 1920s
Born(1899-03-26)March 26, 1899
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
DiedNovember 20, 1984(1984-11-20) (aged 85)
Washington, D.C., U.S.
NationalityAmerican
Alma materWestover School
OccupationAmateur golfer
Known forWon U.S. Women's Amateur (1923)
Won Women's Western Amateur (1924)
SpouseCurtis B. Munson (m. 1934)

Edith Cummings Munson (March 26, 1899 – November 20, 1984), popularly known as The Fairway Flapper, was an American socialite and one of the premier amateur golfers during the Jazz Age.[1] She was one of the Big Four debutantes in Chicago during World War I.[2][3] She attained fame in the United States following her 1923 victory in the U.S. Women's Amateur.[4] On August 25, 1924, she became the first golfer and first female athlete to appear on the cover of Time magazine.[1][5][6] She also was the literary model for the character of Jordan Baker in F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel The Great Gatsby.[7]

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  6. ^ Cummings was only the fourth woman to appear on the cover of Time, after Eleanora Duse (July 30, 1923), and in 1924, Lou Henry Hoover (April 21) and Queen Marie of Romania (August 4)
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